...so you'll be in for a shock watching La Haine, set on the city's crumbling council estates. In one of the outstanding films of the Nineties, Kassowitz follows twenty-four hours in the lives of three disaffected youths as their lives spiral towards disaster. Despite its title, there is no ... Read review
La Haineis an angry, anti-authoritarian French film that concerns three young guys (a Jew, ... more
an Arab, a black) who decide to take on the police after a friend is brutally beaten. There isn't much going on in this black and white drama beyond its violence...
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La Haineis an angry, anti-authoritarian French film that concerns three young guys (a Jew, ... more
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Police viciously beat a 16-year-old housing estate kid they are questioning leaving him ... more
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Inspired by cinematic classics including Mean Streets, Do the Right Thing and The Battle ... more
of Algiers, Mathieu Kassovitz's La Haine is arguably the most incendiary, provocative and prescient film to emerge from the 90'sStarkly shot in black and white to ...
Inspired by cinematic classics including Mean Streets, Do the Right Thing and The Battle ... more
of Algiers, MathieuKassovitz’s LA HAINE is arguably the most incendiary, provocative and prescient fi lm to emerge from the 90s.Starkly shot in black and white to show a Paris not on any tourist map, the fi lm deals with France’s intolerancetowards outsiders, following Vinz (Vincent Cassel, Irreversible, Ocean’s 12), Hubert (the magnifi cent HubertKoundé) and Saïd (Saïd Taghmaoui, Hideous Kinky, Three Kings), three young men trapped in theParisian economic, ethnic and social underclass.Sensationally premiered at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival, LA HAINE saw Kassovitz rewarded with the BestDirector prize and subsequently went on to win three Césars (including Best Film). Marked by itsunapologetic brutality and vérité style, LA HAINE acted as a compelling wake up call to Europe.
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Advantages: Angry, funny, energetic, beautiful...one of the best films of the 90's Disadvantages: Subtitles might put some people off.
...in for a shock watching La Haine, set on the city's crumbling council estates. In one of the outstanding films of the Nineties, Kassowitz follows twenty-four hours in the lives of three disaffected youths as their lives spiral towards disaster. Despite its title, there is no escaping the film's over arching sense of warmth and humanity.
Riots are rocking the city, and things escalate when one youth is put in intensive care by a police ... ...lost his gun - which falls into the hands of unhinged Vince. Vince is an angry, dangerous youth, who claims he will shoot a policeman as an act of vengeance if their friend dies.
This is all the plot there is, but what keeps it urgent is the sense of impending disaster. The first half, set on the estate, shows the listlessness of the French youths lives - this may be a French film with subtitles, but almost anyone who lives in a city ... more
Everyone knows Paris is a romantic city...so you'll be in for a shock watching La Haine, set on the city's crumbling council estates. In one of the outstanding films of the Nineties, Kassowitz follows twenty-four hours in the lives of three disaffected youths as their lives spiral towards disaster. Despite its title, there is no escaping the film's over arching sense of warmth and humanity.
Riots are rocking the city, and things escalate when one youth is put in intensive care by a police beating. The news reports that a police officer has lost his gun - which falls into the hands of unhinged Vince. Vince is an angry, dangerous youth, who claims he will shoot a policeman as an act of vengeance if their friend dies.
This is all the plot there is, but what keeps it urgent is the sense of impending disaster. The first half, set on the estate, shows the listlessness of the French youths lives - this may be a French film with subtitles, but almost anyone who lives in a city will recognise the scenes of delapidation and yob antagonism on show here. Certain scenes are purposefully mundane...the lads sitting around, doing nothing, etc. The second half features the boy's chaotic trip to the city centre, before they return for their final clash...
Shot in pristine black and white, Kassowitz's direction is fluid and assured. In one virtuoso sequence, Edith Piaf is imaginatively mixed as the camera drifts out through the towers of the estate. Constantly on the move for the duration, the director doesn't give his audience chance to get bored, keeping his film beautiful and funny, while at the same time edgy and dangerous.
It is testament to the film's power that the government had a special screening of it before discussing the state of affairs in the cities. French politics mean nothing to us, but this remains a must-see movie. The subtitles often put people off, but if you only see one subtitled film, see this...
Advantages: Fantastic Foreign Movie Disadvantages: It's in french
...with their quarry. La Haine, meaning Hate, is an acerbic critique of French society, its racism and the cloak provided by the reputation of Paris as the cultural capital of Europe. The film, whose real streng lies in its intense realism, partially thanks to Kassovitz's minimalist direction, also presents one of the most effective endings I've seen - there are no real twists, just the haunting suggestion of the endlessness of unrest as Kounde's Hubert, ... ...police, is himself faced with the choice between his anger and walking away.
It is memorable stuff from a writer/director who at the time of its release was no more than 28 years old. This is unmissable, not just for foreign movie connoisseurs, but for anyone wanting to spend an hour and half being thoroughly impressed with everything cinema has to offer.
Verdict: Wonderful show. Well worth watching. ...
playera13 02.02.2006
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This is such an incredible film. Please don’t be put off by the fact that the film is in French with English subtitles, it is such an amazing film and once you start watching, it is so compelling that you forget that you are reading subtitles. The opening few minutes mix real-life footage with staged footage of the French police getting ready to handle a riot. The action takes place in a suburb of Paris and there are three main characters: Vince, ... ...The film depicts 24 hours in their lives. It starts following the death of their friend due to police brutality and it shows how they deal with life in world that doesn’t seem to offer them any hope for a better future. This film is superbly directed and the ending is very powerful. Definitely worth seeing. ...
zwiggy 02.08.2000
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Advantages: Brilliant film, few but solid extras, well packaged Disadvantages: Not one
I saw this film first whilst in college and frankly it's been a very tough time finding a better film since. The film is basically a tale of three youths from one of Paris' run down outskirt estates who find a policemans weapon and contemplate reaping revenge for their friend who was shot during a riot. The film protrays the main three characters very well and despite their being novices when the film was made the actors (Vincent Cassel, Hubert Kounde, ... ...the film is wonderful. The black and white works extremely well in augmenting the bleak and brutal world in which the protaganists live. The camerawork is fantastic as well with some remarkable shots and editing. On top of this the music in the film is very fitting and really helps the atmosphere of the film. With strong social and political messages in the film you would think it would be a tad peachy. However, the film is wonderfully balanced and ...
JeanReno 21.08.2008
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Advantages: Camera Work, Acting, Style Disadvantages: Subtitles
The Film is in Black and White, It has subtitles and not a great amount happens throughout the film.
Sounds a bit poor at first, but the film has a certain quality about it, like watching a very clever music video. The film drags you in with its frank and open script, wonderful and greatly acted characters and amazing camera effects. The lack of colour adds to the style and tension of the film. The film follows a short period of time in the life’s ... ...riots; it portrays the tensions between the bored poor youth and the police force brought about due to age and ultimately the ethnic balance of the community (the main reason behind the riots).
The film culminates in a very powerful meeting with a group of skinheads, which creates a moving end to the great film.
The best line in the film is; A nun is walking down the street, a man gets out of a car walks up to the nun and punches her, she falls ...
ajbrook 12.03.2003
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Advantages: Performances, soundtrack and cinematography are all ace. Disadvantages: Rather downbeat.
A film that contains the spirit of early Scorsese and Spike Lee films. This is an enjoyable social document on the life of three ethnically different young friends as they pass a day on a Parisian housing scheme. The film effortlessly portrays the boredom and the need for cheap thrills in the lives of these disaffected youths. Vincent Cassel is excellent as the would be leader, trying his best to be as hard as De Niro yet can't hide his innocent ... ...and brings an odd elegance to the decay of the city around our protagonists. Mathieu Kassovitz direction is outstanding and deservedly walked away with the Cannes prize for that year. The script is also very funny and contains some moving and philosophical sections - best of all is the toilet scene with the old fella, one of my favourite scenes of all time! ...
Syklone 16.08.2009
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Advantages: A visual masterpiece, beautiful story Disadvantages: Not enough people can get past the subtitles
think she is perfect for the role and believe no one else could have played the character better than her. Her performance was faultless and dazzling, and it was such a refreshing change to see a simple, natural beauty in a film; I'm so sick of the Hollywood plastic look and to see a normal, natural person on screen was good.
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I wanted the DVD and waited patiently for its release. I opted for the specialedition two-disc presentation as it had some brilliant special features. At the time of release it cost me £23.00, though now it has dropped in price somewhat. Boxed in a green cardboard sleeve even the packaging was fabulous! On the front of the box is ...
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A day in the life of three teenagers from a poor housing estate in Paris. Their lives are changed forever when one of their friends is beaten into a coma by the local police. French dialogue with subtitles.
Release details
DVD Region
DVD
Studio(s)
OPTIMUM HOME ENTERTAINMENT; SONY DADC
Release date
27/09/2004
No of Discs
1
Catalogue No
OPTD 0107
Barcode
5060034571391
Languages
Main Language
French
Subtitle Language
English
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Special Features
Director Commentary, Scenes In Colour, Behind The Scenes Footage
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"...Raw, vital and captivating....HATE is a visceral fable of a divided society heading blindly for a crash-landing..." (Los Angeles Times, p.F16, 08/03/1996)
"...[A] precise and troubling film....Smartly aware that many urban problems are also global..." (New York Times, p.C21, 09/02/1996)
"...Prepare to be jolted by the intensity....The performances are as white hot as the subject matter..." (Rolling Stone, p.70, 22/02/1996)
"...Writer-director Mathieu Kassovitz (Cafe au Lait) mines so much tension and pointed dialogue from a low budget and deceptively simple premise..." -- 3 1/2 out of 4 stars (USA Today, p.4D, 09/02/1996)
"...Extremely intelligent....The in-your-face lensing and more formal compositions are used to maximum effect..." (Variety, 29/05/1995)
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Shot in black and white cinema verite style, this film follows a day in the life of three aimless, violence-prone, ethnically-diverse young men who hail from the same decaying housing project in Paris. Vinz, who is Jewish, is the angriest and the least intelligent of the three. North African Said is calmer, but is the most despairing about his future. Hubert is Black, and the most mature, channeling his rage through boxing. Although the trio seethes with fury over the arrest and senseless beating of an Arab friend, each manages to keep the other in check. But that changes after Vinz finds a loaded gun--and the trio becomes entangled with the police, and later a group of skinheads. Mathieu Kassovitz won the Best Director prize for LA HAINE at the Cannes Film Festival.
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