No Fear, No Die

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No Fear, No Die ★★ 1990

To make some quick cash two black immigrants in France train and sell birds for illegal cockfights at a roadside restaurant. Jocelyn, who trains the cocks, pays them lavish, obsessive attention. But cultural conflicts and repressed passions are just waiting to explode. In French with English subtitles. 97m/C VHS . FR Alex Descas, Isaach de Bankole, Jean-Claude Brialy, Solveig Dommartin, Christopher Buchholz; D: Claire Denis; W: Claire Denis, Jean-Pol Fargeau; M: Abdullah Ibrahim.

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