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Haine (La)

Country: France, Language: French, 96 mins

  • Director: Mathieu Kassovitz
  • Writer: Mathieu Kassovitz
  • Producer: Adeline Lecallier; Alain Rocca

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Bleak lives in bleak days...

It's 1995...and NOTHING has improved...

The social and race divisions are perpetuated by the hatred.

25 years on...and NOTHING has changed.

This is crippling and astounding - you will want to look away...DON'T.


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The(ir) Blurb...

The film follows three young men and their time spent in the French suburban "ghetto," over a span of twenty-four hours. Vinz, a Jew, Saïd, an Arab, and Hubert, a black boxer, have grown up in these French suburbs where high levels of diversity coupled with the racist and oppressive police force have raised tensions to a critical breaking point. During the riots that took place a night before, a police officer lost his handgun in the ensuing madness, only to leave it for Vinz to find. Now, with a newfound means to gain the respect he deserves, Vinz vows to kill a cop if his friend Abdel dies in the hospital, due the beating he received while in police custody.

Cast & Characters

Vincent Cassel as Vinz;
Hubert Koundé as Hubert;
Saïd Taghmaoui as Saïd;
Abdel Ahmed Ghili as Abdel;
Solo as Santo;
Joseph Momo as Ordinary Guy;
Héloïse Rauth as Sarah;
Rywka Wajsbrot as Vinz's Grandmother;
Olga Abrego as Vinz's Aunt;
Laurent Labasse as Cook;
Choukri Gabteni as Saïd's Brother;
Nabil Ben Mhamed as Boy Blague;
Benoît Magimel as Benoît;
Medard Niang as Médard;
Arash Mansour as Arash