Z_KinoMittwoch. Mathieu Kassovitz: La Haine [Hate]

»La Haine« [Hate]
[Dir.: Mathieu Kassovitz, F 1994, 98 min., b/w]

This film follows one day in the lives of three unemployed young men who live on a housing estate in a deprived suburb of Paris. They mull over the events of the day before, when there was a violent confrontation between police and rioters, which arose after a young Arab was brutally attacked by a policeman. Vinz swears that if the Arab dies, he will find a policeman and kill him. The three young men spend the evening in Paris, killing time and generally making a nuisance. When they return home the following day, they are picked on by the police, with disastrous consequences.
»La Haine« is only the second major film of the young actor-turned-director, Mathieur Kassovitz. Kassovitz was rewarded with the Best Director award at the Cannes Film Festival in 1995 for this stunning film.