Hate, or La Haine, is a French classic from the 1990's. During violent riots between youth and police forces, one young men is seriously injured and lies in a coma. The movie tells the story of his three friends' following day: Vinz only thinks about revenge, Hubert's sole wish is to leave the housing estate while Saïd mediates between his two mates. A decisive day in their lives.

Filmmaker Matthieu Kassovitz was inspired by a context of 15 years of tensions (sometimes errupting into violent riots) in Paris suburbs. 
Paris is not only Amelie's romantic escapes in Montmartre ; it is also the violence of the segregation and associated despise, of the opposition between the capital and its suburbs and their brutal separation embodied by the uncrossable « Peripherique » (Paris' ring road). In this context, the film is a brilliant exploration of how France's undesired youth grapple with everyday's set of boredom and challenges to give their lives a meaning.
La Haine is a cornerstone of France's urban/street culture as it is one of the first artistic attempts to show another reality – certainly less glamorous than Bardot's shapes – of French society.

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Director: Matthieu Kassovitz
Released: 1995
Duration: 113 min.
IMDB rating: 8,1/10
More information: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113247/

Dual English-Vietnamese subtitles.
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