Movie: "La haine"

Release Date: Sep 1995 Genres: Crime / Drama Awards: 8 wins & 11 nominations Runtime: 96 min Cast: Vincent Cassel (Vinz), Hubert Koundé (Hubert) Saïd Taghmaoui (Saïd) Abdel Ahmed Ghili (Abdel) Solo (Santo) Joseph Momo (Ordinary Guy) Héloïse Rauth (Sarah) Rywka Wajsbrot (Vinz's Grandmother) Olga Abrego (Vinz's Aunt) Laurent Labasse (Cook) Choukri Gabteni (Saïd's Brother) Nabil Ben Mhamed (Boy Blague) Benoît Magimel (Benoît) Medard Niang (Médard (as Médard Niang)) Arash Mansour (Arash) Abdel-Moulah Boujdouni (Young Businessman) Mathilde Vitry (Journalist) Christian Moro (CRS TV Journalist) JiBi (Fat Youth) Edouard Montoute (Darty) Félicité Wouassi (Hubert's mother) Fatou Thioune (Hubert's Sister) Thang-Long (Grocer (as Thang Long)) Cut Killer (DJ) Sabrina Houicha (Saïd's Sister) Sandor Weitmann (Vinz Lookalike (as Sandor Weltmann)) François Levantal (Astérix) Julie Mauduech (Gallery Girl) Karin Viard (Gallerly Girl) Peter Kassovitz (Gallery Patron) Vincent Lindon (Really Drunk Man) Christophe Rossignon (Taxi Driver) Mathieu Kassovitz (Young Skinhead) Anthony Souter (Skin) Florent Lavandeira (Skin) Teddy Marques (Skin) Samir Khelif (Skin) Tadek Lokcinski (Monsieur Toilettes) Virginia Montel (SDF Metro (as Virginie Montel)) Andrée Damant (Concierge) Marcel Marondo (Bouncer) Karim Belkhadra (Samir) Marc Duret (Inspector Notre Dame) Eric Pujol (Assistant Policeman) Philippe Nahon (Police Chief) Sébastien Tavel (Hospital police officer) François Toumarkine (Hospital police officer) Jose-Philippe Dalmat (Hospital Police Officer (as...) Zinedine Soualem (Plainclothes Police Officer) Bernie Bonvoisin (Plainclothes Police Officer) Cyril Ancelin (Plainclothes Police Officer) Patrick Médioni (CRS Cave)

Storyline

The film follows three young men and their time spent in the French suburban "ghetto," over a span of twenty-four hours. Vinz, a Jew, Saïd, 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 police force have raised tensions to a critical breaking point. During the riots that took place a night before, a police officer lost his handgun in the ensuing madness, only to leave it for Vinz to find. Now, with a newfound means to gain the respect he deserves, Vinz vows to kill a cop if his friend Abdel dies in the hospital, due the beating he received while in police custody.