Although french cinema is hardly famous for its social realism, the film has taken the country by. The opening credits contain documentary footage of paris rioting between 1986 and 1996. Hate may be a frenchlanguage film, set in a specific place and time, but its depiction of alienated, deadend teens who clash with. The film follows three young men and their time spent in the french suburban ghetto, over a span of twentyfour hours. 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. Entered into the 20th moscow international film festival. But the multiethnic parisian banlieues have increasingly become a space from which french cinema has consciously challenged hegemonic. Mathieu kassovitz is a 29yearold french director who in his first two films has probed the wound of alienation among frances young. Firstly because it manages to perfectly capture the state of contemporary french cinema, whilst secondly expertly portraying the state of contemporary french society. A raw french film survives translation the new york times. 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. France, specifically the lowincome banlieue districts on the outskirts of paris. It just knocks you in the face with such utter, raw intensity. 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.
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. Three minorities in the french projects vow revenge on police after there friend is. Mathieu kassovitz the crimson rivers took the film world. The title derives from a line spoken by one of thecharacters, hubert. The title derives from a line spoken by one of them, hubert. French films of 1996 at the internet movie database. Now, with a sequel mooted and france again experiencing uncertainty, we reflect on the films legacy. Unstaged footage was used for this film, taken from 198696.
Many french moviegoers were nonetheless shocked by its raw portrayal of the violence and. 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. The story of these 3 young men is incredibly well orchestrated, it neither promotes the rioting nor does it demote it. 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. Vinz, a jew, said, an arab, and hubert, a black boxer, have grown up in these french suburbs where high levels of diversity coupled with the racist and oppressive. It is about three young friends and their struggle to live in the banlieues of paris. 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. Framing the urban outcasts 214 immigrant working class and their histories cut off from the dominant french cultural imaginary 1996. Westworlds vincent cassel 4 things to know about the actor. 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.
On the other hand, frequent quotations of allen and albert hughes. Hate may be a frenchlanguage film, set in a specific place and time, but its. 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. 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. He garnered wide recognition with englishspeaking audiences for his.