La Haine
LA HAINE (aka HATE) (18)
D: Mathieu Kassovitz
Metro Tartan/Lazennec/Canal (Christopher
Rossignon)
France 1995
97 mins
Crime/Drama
W: Mathieu Kassovitz
DP: Pierre Aïm
Ed: Mathieu Kassovitz & Scott
Stevenson
Vincent Cassel (Vinz), Hubert Kounde (Hubert), Saïd Taghmaoui
(Saïd)
A
bleak but captivating and powerful piece of world cinema utilising a documentary style to present a day in the life of three yobs following a riot in their housing estate in a downtrodden Paris
suburb.
Three good performances carry this movie, especially Vincent
Cassel as the most vengeful of the trio. It's a very stark film, but incredibly realistic and very well directed, though it may not be the most entertaining advert for world cinema.
7/10
