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La Haine (1995)
Runtime98 min
Rating15
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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.
Critical Reception & Ratings
La Haine is a critically acclaimed French drama film from 1995 that explores the tensions and violence in the Parisian suburbs. The film was awarded the Best Director award at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival and has received widespread acclaim from critics, with an IMDb rating of 8.1/10 and a Rotten Tomatoes score of 92%, indicating positive audience reception.
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Mathieu Kassovitz's gritty French drama, with its kinetic camerawork and exploration of urban alienation, shares Trainspotting's defiant, punk-infused approach to social commentary.
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La Haine is a 1995 French social thriller film written, co-edited, and directed by Mathieu Kassovitz. Starring Vincent Cassel, Hubert Koundé and Saïd Taghmaoui, the film chronicles a day and night in the lives of three friends from a poor immigrant neighbourhood in the suburbs of Paris. The title derives from a line spoken by one of them, Hubert: "La haine attire la haine!", "hatred breeds hatred". Kassovitz was awarded the Best Director prize at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival.
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