1995 Directed by Mathieu Kassovitz
Aimlessly whiling away their days in the concrete environs of their dead-end suburbia, Vinz, Hubert, and Said - a Jew, African, and an Arab - give human faces to France's immigrant populations, their bristling resentment at their social marginalization slowly simmering until it reaches a climactic boiling point.
Vincent Cassel Hubert Koundé Saïd Taghmaoui Abdel Ahmed Ghili Souleymane Dicko Héloïse Rauth Benoît Magimel Edouard Montoute Marc Duret Joseph Momo Vincent Lindon Christophe Rossignon Mathieu Kassovitz Philippe Nahon Zinedine Soualem Rywka Wajsbrot Olga Abrego Laurent Labasse Choukri Gabteni Karin Viard Karim Belkhadra
Studio Image Cofinergie 6 Egg Pictures Kasso Inc. Productions La Sept Cinéma Les Productions Lazennec PolyGram Filmed Entertainment Canal+
El odio, Омраза, O Ódio, 仇恨, Nenávist, Hadet, El Odio [La Haine], Hatet, L'odio, De haat, Nienawisc, Protesto, Hate
Completely different film but this was very similar to Do the Right Thing in terms of it's structure and I loooove Do the Right Thing. So yeah, this was pretty grrrreat!
(I've been handing out 5s left and right but god damn these films I'm seeing are just so deserving of it)
Frames in Black and White, showing a mirror to the society which is still relevant today after 22 years of its release. Vinz stands in front of the mirror uttering the famous lines from Taxi Driver. He is angry towards society and how it is in a free fall.
La Haine starts after the riots which happened because one of their friend Abdel was brutalized by the police shortly before the riot and lies in a coma.
Vinz is filled with rage, he wants to prove something to himself and to others on how gutsy he is. He just wants his characteristic to be known as Gangster who killed a cop.
Hubert is a boxer and more mature from Vinz…
La Haine, which translates to "hate", is one of the most powerful and affecting films ever made. It's a modern masterpiece of emotion, bringing the viewer on a ride of images and sounds that enhance the incredible characters brought to the screen. It's criminally under-seen, which is a sad thing to think about. La Haine deserves every ounce of praise and adoration.
The Awesome: The characters, the writing, the cinematography, the direction, the acting, the opening, the way it tackles the issues of modern society, the conclusion, the DJ sequence, the rooftop scene. I could go on all day about this wonderful masterwork of cinema. La Haine is ultimately about violence, and how these three main characters weave in and…
"Le monde est à vous."
essentially an hour and a half session of cinematic russian roulette where every scene building up in tension is equal to another bullet you have to add to the chamber. its beauty is only rivaled by its tearful ferocity towards the horrors of marginalization. only french cinema can deliver this kind of ass kicking.
Kids by way of Tarantino. La Haine, while having a potent sociopolitical message, was more impressive to me in its crisp, clean style - hardly befitting the gritty subject matter, but oh, so pleasing to watch. Director Mathieu Kassovitz is clearly at home behind the camera and knows precisely how long to linger on a shot to maximize tension, or whip around a crowd to make a localized struggle seem much, much larger. Add a script unafraid to pull punches, but perfectly fine filming the mundane to deepen to depressing reality of life in the Parisian projects, and La Haine manages to be unrelentingly brutal without an over-reliance on graphic violence.
What is startling about La Haine's script is how…
I often think about how many times they say “mother” in this movie
One of the best ever
O co tyle szumu? O komentarz społeczny nawiązujący do prawdziwych wydarzeń? Żyd, arab i bambo. Czy to jest parodia? Czy reżyser był kiedyś na osiedlu?
You believe in God? That's the wrong question.
La Haine perfectly captures the impending transformation of hate into pointless violence. So many lives were lost - excluding those not shown in the film - because of the countless inane reasons behind hostility. This film perfectly captures everything about the riots, particularly in France, and gave depth to each of the characters. Not to mention, the script, written by Mathieu Kassovitz (the guy who plays Nino in Amelie - no wonder the name sounded so familiar), is inspired by reality. It is worth noting that the primary idea for this film stemmed from real events, eventually turning authentic.
This was a great, great, great watch. Everyone needs to see this. Now.…
a lot of people have compared this to a french version of do the right thing, and they’re not wrong. it’s another brilliant tale about class struggle that captures the racial and religious tension in paris at that time. once again, INCREDIBLE cinematography and genuine performances from the three leads. although the story gets a tad dull on the tail end, i think the last few minutes of this movie are so empowering. you will definitely come out of this movie with a new or changed perspective on life.
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Films that leave you visibly shaken; masterclasses in building tension that make you truly feel anxious for whatever is happening…
