La Haine (1995)

Directed by

Mathieu Kassovitz

Genre

drama film, crime film, hood film

Country

France

Runtime

1h 36m

Rated

NR

Rating

8.1 of 10 from 4,598 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Three young men from a poor Parisian suburb spend a day and night together after one of their friends is seriously hurt by police. The film follows them through arguments, small confrontations, and a building sense of threat.

intenserawurgentgrimvisceralclaustrophobicconfrontational

What happens

La Haine (French pronunciation: [la ɛn], lit. 'Hatred'; released in the United States as Hate) is a 1995 French social thriller film written, co-edited, and directed by Mathieu Kassovitz. Starring Vincent Cassel, Hubert Koundé and Saïd Taghmaoui, the film chronicles a day and night in the lives of three friends from a poor immigrant neighbourhood in the suburbs of Paris. The title derives from a line spoken by one of them, Hubert: "La haine attire la haine!", "hatred breeds hatred". Kassovitz was awarded the Best Director prize at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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