No Chains, No Masters (2024)

  • NR
  • 09/08/2024 (FR)
  • Drama, History

Overview

1759, Mauritius Island, Indian Ocean. The island is controlled by French settlers and the deported slave population live in fear while toiling in the sugar cane plantations. Unlike her disillusioned father Massamba, 16-year-old Mati refuses to keep her head down and accept her fate. One night she flees from the plantation, hoping to escape violence and seek freedom in a remote part of the island, where a community of fugitives is said to live. As the plantation owner hires the merciless slave hunter Madame La Victoire and her sons to pursue Mati, Massamba realises the brutal consequences awaiting his daughter if she’s captured. He has no choice but to break his chains and set off on a desperate search for her. As a relentless hunt ensues in the island’s unforgiving jungle, the father and daughter forever break away from the colonial order.

Hassam Ghancy

Writer

Simon Moutaïrou

Director, Writer

Cast

Ibrahima Mbaye's headshot

Ibrahima Mbaye

Massamba
Anna Thiandoum's headshot

Anna Thiandoum

Mati
Camille Cottin's headshot

Camille Cottin

Madame La Victoire
Benoît Magimel's headshot

Benoît Magimel

Eugène Larcenet
Bass Dhem's headshot

Bass Dhem

Barbe Blanche
Félix Lefebvre's headshot

Félix Lefebvre

Honoré Larcenet
Swala Emati's headshot

Swala Emati

Mame Nguesso
Vassili Schneider's headshot

Vassili Schneider

Baptiste

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