No Fear, No Die

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No Fear, No Die
Isaach De Bankolé
Alex Descas
CinematographyPascal Marti
Edited byDominique Auvray
Music byAbdullah Ibrahim
Production
companies
Cinéa
NEF Diffusion
Distributed byPyramide Distribution
Release date
  • 5 September 1990 (1990-09-05)
Running time
90 minutes
CountriesFrance
West Germany
LanguageFrench
Box office$390.000[1]

No Fear, No Die (

Isaach De Bankolé, Alex Descas and Solveig Dommartin
.

Plot

Two young men, Dah (

cockfighting
.

Dah and Jocelyn have a third partner, Pierre (

cockfights
become more violent urging the men to use razor blades and steel spurs instead of small horns on the roosters. After one particular fight Pierre also insinuates that he slept with Jocelyn's mother.

Disgusted, Jocelyn takes to drinking and becomes more and more despondent, developing an obsession with Pierre's wife Toni (

cockfighting
ring for one final night.

At the final fight Toni asks Jocelyn to take her with him after the fight when he and Dah leave, but he refuses. Meanwhile, Pierre organizes a fight between Toni's namesake rooster and one brought in by his gypsy business partners. Unable to watch his rooster die, Jocelyn jumps into the ring and rescues his bird, but is stabbed by Michel, Pierre's son and Toni's lover, before he can flee. Dah prepares and cleans his body before being arrested, along with Tony, Michel and other members of the

cockfighting
ring. After his release he quickly packs up his few possessions and finally leaves.

Production

The film's soundtrack is by Abdullah Ibrahim.

The film marked the first time

Isaach De Bankolé
.

Release

The film premiered in competition at the 47th Venice International Film Festival. Editor Dominique Auvray was awarded a Silver Osella for her work on the film.

References

  1. ^ "S\'en fout la mort (1990) - JPBox-Office".
  2. ^ "Movie Reviews". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2016-03-25.

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