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 [La Haine], L'odio, O Ódio, De haat, 仇恨, Hate, Hadet, Hatet, El odio, Nenávist, Protesto, Nienawisc, Омраза
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…
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…
"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.
La Haine deserves every praised it got. This movie is really something else. From the moment this movie start, it gripped me so hard and never let go. Framed in black and white, while also mirroring society which is still relevant 22 years later. It's a really deep and affecting film that everyone should watch.
This film is absolutely stunning. I can't believe I held off watching this for so long. It is a modern french masterpiece in my opinion. Everything from the writing, directing, blocking, cinematography, subtext, even the humor is just spot on. I love its take on cultural and political issues in (then) modern day France - it's so genuine. This is the type of film that I watch and I just feel this insane amount of inspiration to shoot a black and white film on actual film. I love it. Acting was absolutely superb from all of the cast members - I am blown away by their ability and agility handling each of their roles. I'm just in awe, I don't know what to say. I love the Criterion Channel and I'm definitely purchasing this on blu ray as well.
*Watched on the Criterion Channel.
Representation of modern France in the 90s. The first time the banlieues were introduced to the big cinema audience. A movie about friends & hope
Sometimes a film comes around that hits me. The right movie at the right time. La Haine is one of those films that is so perfect in execution that it’s crazy how I don’t hear about it that much. With the perfect script and perfect lead three performances that sell the characters so well. The cinematography and camera movements are stellar and add a lot to the film. Sound design is actually fantastic too, everything is. The finale left me silent for a bit, had me thinking. Powerful themes that are still relevant today and are all handled extremely well in this brilliant film that I’d gladly rewatch
In so many respects this is a genuinely great film. However, as much as I understand and believe in the character of Vinz, I also got really fucking frustrated watching him blow up every 5 seconds. Whilst it's absolutely an integral part of his character, it was also like a roadblock stopping me from really getting into what I recognise as a pretty spectacular film.
Every smash cut to Vincent Cassel is incredible. First one of him dancing in the basement is perfect.
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Pessimistic worldviews. For when you want to wallow in despair.
It doesn't matter if we all die.
Suggestions welcome.
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