La Haine
Mathieu Kassovitz took the film world by storm with LA HAINE, a gritty, unsettling, and visually explosive look at the racial and cultural volatility in modern-day France, specifically the low-income banlieue districts on Paris's outskirts.
Aimlessly passing their days in the concrete environs of their dead-end suburbia, Vinz (Vincent Cassel), Hubert (Hubert Kounde), and Said (Said Taghmaoui) -- a Jew, an African, and an Arab -- give human faces to France's immigrant populations, their bristling resentment at their marginalization slowly simmering until it reaches a climactic boiling point. A work of tough beauty, LA HAINE is a landmark of contemporary French cinema and a gripping reflection of its country's ongoing identity crisis.
Kassovits won Best Director and the film was nominated for the Palm d'Or at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival.
Running Time
98 mins
Year
1995
Kanopy ID
1214683
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Comments (9)
Watched this in my first semester of college, glad to have found it on Kanopy. Such a twisted masterpiece on society and corruption.
This film is fantastic. I just watched at again after seeing it for the first time 2 months ago. Absolutely love this film.
it was a good movie I didn't like the ending boom
I thoroughly enjoyed this movie, important subject matter filmed in a captivating way. I had to watch with English subtitles, but even the translated dialogue flowed very naturally. The in-camera effects are something special and were so inspiring! You won't regret watching this masterpiece.
I love this movie. I can't believe it took me 20 years to see it!
Wow. Excellent film. Very engaging. Some beautiful camerawork (like the close-up of Vinz at 1:10:45).
Found this great film thanks to Kanopy
Damn this was a great movie. Can't believe I just stumbled upon it now.
More than 20 years later, and this film is still as relevant as it was in the 90's. Vince, Said and Hubert hate the police, and the police hate them right back. It's an endless spiral with no solution. This movie doesn't offer any solution either, but it does a brilliant job showing that hate ...Read more
More than 20 years later, and this film is still as relevant as it was in the 90's. Vince, Said and Hubert hate the police, and the police hate them right back. It's an endless spiral with no solution. This movie doesn't offer any solution either, but it does a brilliant job showing that hate begets hate. I've seen this movie several times over the years, and I'm getting something new every time. Highly recommended!
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