1995 · drama · crime
La Haine
Directed by Mathieu Kassovitz1h 38m1995
After a chaotic night of rioting in a marginal suburb of Paris, three young friends, Vinz, Hubert and Saïd, wander around unoccupied waiting for news about the state of health of a mutual friend who has been seriously injured when confronting the police.
Our read: La Haine (1995) reads as a heavy, steady, grounded drama · crime entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Heavy, steady, measured drama / crime, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- intense
- bleak
- signature
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