La Haine ( Hate ) - DaaVeeDee

La Haine (DVD) (*)

$36.99

Original Title: Hate
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Camerimage Awards
Cannes Film Festival
Ceasar Awards
European Film Awards
Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards
Thessaloniki Film Festival

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
93 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Commentary
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Special Edition

Movie filmed in 1995 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Mathieu Kassovitz

Written By:
Mathieu Kassovitz

Actors:
Vincent Cassel ..... Vinz
Hubert Koundé ..... Hubert
Saïd Taghmaoui ..... Saïd
Abdel Ahmed Ghili ..... Abdel
Solo ..... Santo
Joseph Momo ..... Ordinary guy
Héloïse Rauth ..... Sarah
Rywka Wajsbrot ..... Vinz's grandmother
Olga Abrego ..... Vinz's aunt
Laurent Labasse ..... Cook
Choukri Gabteni ..... Said's brother
Nabil Ben Mhamed ..... Boy Blague
Benoît Magimel ..... Benoît
Medard Niang ..... Médard
Mansour ..... Arash

Synopsis:

While to most outsiders Paris seems the very picture of beauty and civility, France has had a long and unfortunate history of intolerance toward outsiders, and this powerful drama from filmmaker Mathieu Kassovitz takes an unblinking look at a racially diverse group of young people trapped in the Parisian economic and social underclass. Vinz (Vincent Cassel), who is Jewish, Hubert (Hubert Kounde), who is Black, and Said (Said Taghmaoui), who is Arabic, are young men from the lower rungs of the French economic ladder; they have no jobs, few prospects, and no productive way to spend their time. They hang out and wander the streets as a way of filling their days and are sometimes caught up in frequent skirmishes between the police and other disaffected youth. One day, a street riot breaks out after police seriously injure an Arab student; the three friends are arrested and questioned, and it is learned that a policeman lost a gun in the chaos. However, what they don't know is that Vinz picked it up and has it in his possession, and when Vinz, Hubert, and Said get into a scuffle with a group of racist skinheads, the circumstances seem poised for tragedy. Actress Jodie Foster was so impressed with La Haine when she saw it at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival that she helped to arrange American distribution for the film through her production company, Egg Pictures.

Abdel, a local hoodlum, is hospitalized after a riot, where a policeman lost his gun. His friend Vinz finds it and claims he will kill a cop if Abdel dies.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 19 July, 2007.

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