Abstract
ABSTRACT Jean-Pierre Mocky’s À mort l’arbitre ! (1984) is an interesting example of French sports fiction. It takes us back into French post-Giscardian society, where people lived under the threat of structural unemployment and in fear of a precarious personal and family life. This context allows us to better understand how exacerbated militancy developed among the fans of a sport as popular as football. À mort l’arbitre ! tells the story of a referee who was chased by a group of fans, intoxicated with frustration and rage after he awarded a penalty to the other team. Waylaid outside the locker room, stalked in a supermarket, and attacked at his home, the referee had no alternative but to go through this nightmarish odyssey to the end. The aim of this article is to analyse the political, cultural, and social meaning of fan violence towards football referees during the 1980s.
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