La haine
La haine (, literally Hate) is a 1995 French black-and-white drama film written, co-edited, and directed by Mathieu Kassovitz. It is commonly released under its French title in the English-speaking world, although its U.S. VHS release was titled Hate. It is about three young friends and their struggle to live in the banlieues of Paris. The title derives from a line spoken by one of them, Hubert, "La haine attire la haine!", "hatred breeds hatred."
Plot
La Haine opens with news footage of urban riots in a banlieue in the commune of Chanteloup-les-Vignes near Paris, caused by the attack and hospitalization of Abdel Ichacha, leading to an attack on the police station and for a riot police officer to lose his revolver. The film depicts approximately twenty consecutive hours in the lives of three friends of Abdel, all young men from immigrant families, living in the aftermath of the riot.
Cast
- Andrée Damant
- Benoît Magimel
- Bernie Bonvoisin
- Christophe Rossignon
- Cut Killer
- Édouard Montoute
- Félicité Wouassi
- François Levantal
- François Toumarkine
- Héloïse Rauth
- Hubert Koundé
- Julie Mauduech
- Karim Belkhadra
- Karin Viard
- Marc Duret
- Mathieu Kassovitz
- Peter Kassovitz
- Philippe Nahon
- Saïd Taghmaoui
- Sergi López
- Solo
- Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
- Vincent Cassel
- Vincent Lindon
- Zinedine Soualem