Craving the respect of his peers and apparently willing to go the extra mile in order to be worshipped as an urban folk hero. He attempts to relax by smoking dope and spinning the decks to the sounds of Hip Hop. He appears devoid of purpose and direction and lacking in self-esteem. Vinz the anti-hero, is an angry, embittered man, living with his mother and siblings. Vinz vows that if Abdel dies he will kill a policeman. We soon learn that a policeman has lost, or had his gun stolen, and that the firearm is now in Vinz’s possession. Abdel is comatose and in a critical condition at a local hospital. A riot triggered by police brutality against a friend (Abdel) and fellow resident of their estate. We are introduced to the three main characters in the aftermath of a riot. Eventually the petrol bomb hits the ground and bursts into flames, This scene is revisited at the end of the film. This image is accompanied by a voice over of a man, telling a joke about a man falling from a skyscraper repeating the words, “So far so good, so far so good, so far so good….”.
LA HAINE FILM FREE
The film opens with the shot (behind the credits) of a molotov cocktail in free fall. Vinz is jewish, Hubert, black and Said, arab.The three protagonists live in a banlinue of Paris. In brief, this film is about an approximate 20 hour period in the life of three friends from different ethnic backgrounds, living in close proximity of each other. Written, directed and starring Matheiu Kassowitz.
La Haine ( translated to hate in English ) 1995.