No Chains, No Masters
No Chains, No Masters

No Chains, No Masters

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2024
1h 37m
6.6(106 votes)
Drama
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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.

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Chi-Fou-Mi Productions
France 2 Cinéma
StudioCanal

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Cast & Crew

38 members
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Ibrahima Mbaye

Massamba

Ibrahima Mbaye
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Anna Thiandoum

Mati

Anna Thiandoum
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Camille Cottin

Madame La Victoire

Camille Cottin
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Benoît Magimel

Eugène Larcenet

Benoît Magimel
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Bass Dhem

Barbe Blanche

Bass Dhem
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Félix Lefebvre

Honoré Larcenet

Félix Lefebvre
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Swala Emati

Mame Nguesso

Swala Emati
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Vassili Schneider

Baptiste

Vassili Schneider
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Bamar Kane

Gaoussou

Bamar Kane
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Lancelot Courcieras

Joseph

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Lazare Minoungou

Rado

Lazare Minoungou
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Marc Barbé

René Magon de La Villebague

Marc Barbé
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Issaka Sawadogo

Yoro

Issaka Sawadogo
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Komi Amado

Khoulé

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Charlotte Saudrais

Ruba

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Kristeven Mootien

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Salif Cima Cissé

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Joel Ramdoo

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Odile Sankara

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Yvain Juillard

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Yvain Juillard
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Aristote Luyindula

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Ornella Blanchet

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Olivier Sirop

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Mungunyiko Ange

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Jérémie Sikila-Baku

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Marie-France Saint-Médar

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Denis-Claude Félicité

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Laurianna Juhl

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Hansley Anumandoo

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Zanane

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Benjamin Philippe

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Didier Anthony

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Caleb Ndunda Kioko

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Matthew Odia

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Ephraim Nakikeru

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Nina Edmond

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Ophélie Prieur

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Angelina Ravina

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