La Haine

The 90's true masterpiece. _La Haine_ has become the manifesto of a whole generation of the french lumpenproletariats and it's amazing to see how much little has changed since its release: police brutality spreading wordwide, margining of the poors and whole city districts, with social tensions constantly on the rise.

Rating: 5* / 5* or 10 / 10

It's cinema, as simple as that, it's cinema

The film shows the daily life of our 3 protagonists and how fast life goes by since the film takes place in a single day, how it goes from moments of humor to moments of tension and vice versa.

I sincerely believe that this is not a film for everyone, not because it is super difficult to understand but because it has many layers, staying in the first layer which would be following the events, the film is already good, a solid 8 but I consider that a large part of the value of the work is in being observant since it has a good load of audio visual and cultural references that give more depth to what is happening, in addition to very good shots and sequences, the use of black and white gives an excellent touch to several scenes.

The best French movie is about how awful France is

It’s like Boyz N The Hood crossed with Stand By Me, only, and I never thought this possible… better 🙀

Holy sh:asterisk_symbol:t, the acting, the story, the cinematography damnnn such a good movie

It's sad that this movie is still as relevant today as it was when it came out 23 years ago. The black and white really makes this feel dirty and real, like we are there in the projects with the characters. The acting from our leads is great. The cinematography is fantastic. That mirror scene was amazing and I had to watch it a few times just to appreciate it. There are a ton of other cool shots too. That ending still has me shook up.

One of the best screenplays I've ever seen, I could rewatch some of the dialogues in this film for eternity. Absolutely brilliant, has just become one of my favourites.

It's not about the fall, it's about how you land.
A masterpiece of cinema; from the film's soundscape & visuals to the immersive realistic acting & dialogue, La Haine embodies everything that makes filmmaking such a powerful storytelling medium. Every viewing it's as good as ever.

Alright, so the movie's representation is the unfair racism being taken against races in France, and I think it did amazing. I don't have any knowledge about the actual time and the events that took place, but the movie did an excellent job at building the atmosphere, which helped me understand more of France's real situation.

Cinematography - my interpretation of the b&w style is to represent how bleak the world is with the division of the people. I feel like it helps set this hopeless tone of these times, and it really does represent the real world, too. It's hard to imagine a colorful world when you're constantly being reminded that you aren't united with the ones around you. This cinematography choice really also helps the moments of hope stand out and feel really rewarding as well.

Acting - The acting was really good in this film. It did a good job with creating these characters that were obviously tired of the mistreatment in the homes, and it adding a character that's more hopeful of the world was a very, very good choice. Vinz perfectly captured the representation of people in France who felt like fighting back was the only way of achieving equality, while Hubert was a perfect foil to this by representing that there can still be hope in the world that they live in today. However, I love how Säid is almost the perfect balance between these two philosophies. He mainly goes with the flow of the group, which includes being a part of hateful actions that Vinz mostly initiates, but also showing that he also has hope in the world like Hubert does.

The message - I loved the message of a society will never change if it only focuses on what's going on in the present rather than preventing the future of demise. I think my other favorite scene besides the end would be when Säid changed the billboard to say, "The World is Ours." This beautifully represents the message of this movie by showing that we need to erase our selfish ideologies of focusing on what's best for ourselves and start focusing on what's best for all of us together. Also, I think the bathroom speech was amazing at further representing the message by showing that you can never get what you want without making a sacrifice to achieve it.

The ending - Amazing representation of the loop of hate. Vinz giving away the gun displayed how he was giving up fighting for himself and trying to focus on what he can do to stop the hate surrounding him. His death from a police officer ends up setting the loop of hatred back in motion and it's a sad but brutally realistic ending. Seeing Hubert fall into the trap of hatred shows how easy it can be for us to be persuaded by emotions and end up making things worse in the end. I also love the addition of Säid being in the middle of this scene because it shows him witnessing his guidance of peace turn to the act of violence and it makes the scene really feel more hopeless.

Overall, I love the movie's message of hatred and I think that the use of a real world event was amazing and helped emphasize the message of the story. The ending was actually really amazing and I think it would go on my list for the best endings I've seen in films.