1995 Directed by Mathieu Kassovitz
After a chaotic night of rioting in a marginal suburb of Paris, three young friends, Vinz, Hubert and Saïd, wander around unoccupied waiting for news about the state of health of a mutual friend who has been seriously injured when confronting the police.
Vincent Cassel Hubert Koundé Saïd Taghmaoui Abdel Ahmed Ghili Souleymane Dicko Joseph Momo Héloïse Rauth Rywka Wajsbrot Olga Abrego Laurent Labasse Choukri Gabteni Nabil Ben Mhamed Benoît Magimel Médard Niang Arash Mansour Abdel-Moulah Boujdouni Mathilde Vitry Christian Moro Edouard Montoute JiBi Félicité Wouassi Fatou Thioune Thang-Long Cut Killer Sabrina Houicha Sandor Weltmann François Levantal Julie Mauduech Karin Viard Show All…
Hate, Hadet, Hatet, Neapykanta, Sovraštvo, 憎しみ, Droits du cité, Mržnja, Hass
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)
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…
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…
"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.
"Liberty. Equality. Fraternity." Is this the France that everyone experiences? The characters in La Haine make a good case for the idea that this three word ideal is rarely reached. They are free, but aren't allowed to upset the system. They are equal, but only in law and not in practice. They are fraternal, but only in a tribal way as other groups treat them terribly. La Haine is a scathing look at the system and its fallout in a way mainstream cinema rarely discusses. It's an explosive dissection of oppression and violence, and relevant to any time or place (within France or otherwise) where a young, urban underclass has formed. It's difficult to not see some minor parallels to…
Masterful filmmaking.
Cult-Classic??.... Oh Yeah!
One of the most unforgettable films.
I genuinely don't even know where to start. This is most likely one of, if not, the most powerful film I think I've ever seen. It's a very relevant film for the times we are going through and I can imagine it will stay relevant for a very long time. It kicks off with a hard-hitting title sequence filled with videos and clips of rioters, violence and protestors. It can be related to any period of time but because of the recent events, it struck me way more than it usually would. The themes of violence, brutality and anarchy are extremely significant throughout the film, it shows you a type of life that you wouldn't believe. It shows you want…
at some point towards the end i dropped my mug so there are shards of glass everywhere and i'm just going to pick them up with my bare hands i don't care anymore
Wow a true masterpiece. This movie is so relevant for what’s happening today that it added an extra layer to this that struck an emotional cord. Everything from the acting, to the direction is at the top of its game. The performances here are so well realized they feel just like real people hanging out, and this is also due to a fantastic script that is one of the best of all time in my opinion. The look of this film is flawless. Mathieu Kassovitz’s direction here is fantastic, and he gave us a movie that made me laugh, gasp, and be completely transfixed from the first frame until the last. If you haven’t had the chance to see this yet please do because it’s needed to be seen now more then ever (and it’s simply just incredible so that helps too).
La Haine is a great example of genius filmmaking. There are plenty of interesting camera angles and cinematic shots; it truly manages to capture your attention this way. It has a dense script that’s written true to its characters and filled with perfect comedic timing.
It’s a film about how hatred breeds hatred, and the lack of control towards this conflict is all the more frustrating. There’s also philosophical themes on insignificance and existentialism, which completely fit the story.
The only disappointing part about this movie is that I can’t think of anything else like this.
The depressing thing about watching this in 2021 is that it feels like nothing has changed.
Really stunningly made (that front of the car shot!) but one thing that nags at me is the replacement of true socialist realism for some wishy-washy "hate breeds hate" liberalism. I ask Mr. Kassovitch: why is it wrong to hate your oppressor?
On the other hand, damn, the final 20 minutes are emotionally lacerating.
Bloody brilliant. So intense and i was left speechless.
Loved the cinematography and shots throughout, just very cool.
The friendship and characters shown had me invested from the beginning and I can see why this movie deserves the ratings it gets. Loved how we followed them throughout a day. One day.
Finally got round to watching this. What a well shot movie. So hooking and what an ending...
This movie is so good from the start. Creative opening, phenomenal how they meld the news scene into the intro of characters. One shot as they walk through the park is so clean i almost missed it. Didn’t even notice the movie is entirely black and white until 10 mins in because the movies that good. Thematically brilliant and composed craft fully, never a dull moment, minimal expositional dialogue, and still poignant and relevant today more than ever perhaps. The intensity of every scene is evident, and no time is wasted on anything. I love how each of the three young men is passionate but for different reasons and in different ways. They accurately describe different ways people react to…
La Haine crafts a meaningful contemporary story with themes of friendship, loss, and futility. All three men carry with them the revolutionary spirit and anger that comes with tragedy and political dissent. Where the men differ is how they go about expressing this spirit. La Haine does not necessarily favor one expression of the spirit over another. Instead, it makes a much more real story with lots of moral ambiguity. This movie is a must-see for anyone with interest in the revolutionary-tradition today.
This movie feels like a pulsating exposed nerve, slicing into the world of socio-political commentary with raw, unfiltered emotions of both adolescent rage and wise self-inflection.
It deals with a timeless and universal issue, but presents it in a way that is very true to it’s specific backdrop, with incredible authenticity.
It pulls you into this world of hatred and national discontent with inventive filmmaking and characters so real you forget their actors, taking you through this day in the life building up to an absolutely heart-breaking climax.
It portrays its message with honesty and grit, never sugar coating the environment that the three protagonists find themselves in. And peppered throughout is hilarious banter that doesn’t seem out of place at all.
One of the most shocking and jarring movies I’ve seen in a while. But definitely one of the best ever, I say that with confidence.
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