La Haine

About La Haine

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.

Mathieu Kassovitz's La Haine is a 1995 drama film. Released in May 1995, it runs 98 minutes.

Its themes are male friendship, police brutality, hip-hop, and frantic.

Vincent Cassel takes the lead as Vinz, Hubert Koundé as Hubert, Saïd Taghmaoui as Saïd, and Abdel Ahmed Ghili as Abdel. The screenplay is by Mathieu Kassovitz. Produced by Canal+. American members can watch it on Criterion Channel.

Straight Outta Compton, Fruitvale Station, and To Kill a Mockingbird make useful companions to La Haine, all filed under ghetto. TMDB voters put it at 8.1 out of 10 across 4,780 votes and it carries a NR rating.