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, Hatet, Hadet, Mržnja, Droits du cité, Neapykanta, Sovraštvo, 憎しみ, Viha, Hass - La Haine
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.
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
"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…
the way this film builds so much tension in how it forces us to watch time tick away, causing us to say to ourselves “so far, so good. so far, so good”. until the ending hits with a thud. because it’s all about the fall. and because we all know & live the story – the way it circles back & always stays relevant, the falling never ends.
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.
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…
La Haine is one of those films where if the credits never came, I would only pause it to eat and sleep.
I think the best word to describe La Haine is spontaneous. Everything from the dialogue to the acting to the direction feels so unbelievably organic. Nothing feels planned. These three friends feel so tangible, their chemistry and how they interact with each other is so so genuine. Like I said before, I could watch them forever.
It’s powerful, gritty and important. La Haine isn't going to leave my head for a while and I honestly see myself recommending it to anyone I encounter over the next week.
About two minutes after just sitting in silence watching the credits,…
