Hate may be a frenchlanguage film, set in a specific place and time, but its depiction of alienated, deadend teens who clash with. The work of a then unknown young team director and actors were all under 30, it became hugely and. Vincent cassel on explicit sex scenes with his wife monica bellucci screen tests w magazine duration. His new film hate tells the story of three young menan arab, an african and a jewwho spend an aimless day in a sterile paris suburb, as social turmoil swirls around them and they eventually get into a confrontation with the police. The work of a then unknown young team director and actors were all under 30, it became hugely and unexpectedly successful, launchingdirector mathieu kassovitz and lead player vincent cassel to. On the other hand, frequent quotations of allen and albert hughes. In the film, three young men, of jewish, arab, and black african descent, seethe with anger against the police and the establishment for the beating. Mathieu kassovitz is a 29yearold french director who in his first two films has probed the wound of alienation among frances young outsiders. The work of a then unknown young team director and actors were all under 30, it became hugely and unexpectedly successful, launching director mathieu kassovitz and lead player vincent cassel to. The film follows three young men and their time spent in the french suburban ghetto, over a span of twentyfour hours. Mathieu kassovitz the crimson rivers took the film world. Mathieu kassovitz is a 29yearold french director who in his first two films has probed the wound of alienation among frances young. Many french moviegoers were nonetheless shocked by its raw portrayal of the violence and. Entered into the 20th moscow international film festival.
Now, with a sequel mooted and france again experiencing uncertainty, we reflect on the films legacy. Firstly because it manages to perfectly capture the state of contemporary french cinema, whilst secondly expertly portraying the state of contemporary french society. France, specifically the lowincome banlieue districts on the outskirts of paris. Although french cinema is hardly famous for its social realism, the film has taken the country by. Their story is told in less than 24 hours, as they move about their daynight struggling with a number of political and socioeconomic issues, the. Framing the urban outcasts 214 immigrant working class and their histories cut off from the dominant french cultural imaginary 1996. The story of these 3 young men is incredibly well orchestrated, it neither promotes the rioting nor does it demote it. A raw french film survives translation the new york times. On the one hand, critics touted the films skilful and intelligent rendering of the grit, violence and restless boredom of life in the parisian banlieue.
A sucess at the french box office, with around 500,000 viewers in the first six weeks of its release, as well as with the critics it won the best director award at cannes, it became one of the most controversial and talked about french films in recent years. The opening credits contain documentary footage of paris rioting between 1986 and 1996. It is about three young friends and their struggle to live in the banlieues of paris. Unstaged footage was used for this film, taken from 198696. Starkly shot in black and white to show a paris not on any tourist map, the film deals with frances intolerance towards outsiders, following vinz. It just knocks you in the face with such utter, raw intensity. But the multiethnic parisian banlieues have increasingly become a space from which french cinema has consciously challenged hegemonic.
He garnered wide recognition with englishspeaking audiences for his. Hate is a 1995 french blackandwhite drama film written, coedited, and directed by mathieu kassovitz. French films of 1996 at the internet movie database. Three minorities in the french projects vow revenge on police after there friend is. Hate may be a frenchlanguage film, set in a specific place and time, but its. 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. The title derives from a line spoken by one of thecharacters, hubert.