La Haine
NR

La Haine

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1995 • 98 min • Drama

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Best from age 16
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Movie Knight Score
4625 reviews
  • 100 Reviewers · 3 · 53%
  • 81 Audience · 4622 · 47%

Après une nuit d'émeutes dans une banlieue parisienne, trois amis — Vinz, Hubert et Saïd — évoluent dans leur communauté marginalisée en attendant des nouvelles d'un ami blessé lors d'une confrontation avec la police. Le film explore leur frustration et les tensions dans la ville sur une seule journée intense.

Violence & peril
8/10
Language
7/10
Drinking, drugs & smoking
6/10
Romance & sensuality
1/10
Scary moments
7/10

Heads up

  • Langage vulgaire fréquent et insultes raciales
  • Scènes intenses de troubles urbains et de violence
  • Les personnages consomment et vendent des drogues, fument fréquemment
  • Thèmes de la brutalité policière et de l'aliénation sociale

What it models well

  • Amitié et loyauté
  • Recherche de paix au milieu des conflits
  • Confronter l'injustice

Talk about it after

  • Le cycle de la violence et de la vengeance
  • L'inégalité socio-économique et son impact
  • Faire face aux préjugés et à la discrimination
  • Le rôle des forces de l'ordre dans la société

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Top billed cast

Director: Mathieu Kassovitz • Crew: Mathieu Kassovitz

Trailers & clips

"You talkin' to me?" Clip

Mark Kermode reviews La Haine

La Haine Q&A with director Mathieu Kassovitz

Riz Ahmed introduces La Haine

Restoration Trailer

Three Reasons: La Haine

Reviewer notes

Recommended

Very, very good movie! <em>'La Haine'</em> is interesting slice of life viewing, I was intrigued across the whole 90 or so minutes as it tells its tale nicely. Some of the cinematography (b/w, smart choice) and editing is particularly impressive, while the ending is stark and unforgettable. The intentions of the film come across loud and clear. I didn't overly connect with the main trio, aside from Hubert.…

RecommendedTrusted family reviewers

It's not so much the individual acting with this that stands out, it is the collective effort of all concerned to demonstrate to us just how perilous life can be on their Parisian suburban housing estate. Riots the evening before we arrive on the scene have left the area in a state of almost acute nervous exhaustion. The police are treading on egg shells and the community is a tinder box.…

RecommendedTrusted family reviewers

Matthieu Kassowitz's <i>La Haine</i> (Hate) is a portrait of youth disenfranchisement and the ensuing rage set in the public housing projects outside Paris. Before this film was released, many foreign viewers knew only the well-dressed, white, reserved and educated France depicted in e.g. films of the 1960s New Wave.…

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