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La Haine (1995)
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Responsible for causing a scandal on its domestic release, this bruising portrait of disaffected youth confirmed its writer/director Mathieu Kassovitz as the wunderkind of French cinema. Presenting the housing schemes on the outskirts of Paris as hotbeds of racial hatred and social unrest, the film follows three lads from different ethnic backgrounds and explores how they spend their endless spare time and their response to a case of police brutality. Vincent Cassel is outstanding as the Jewish skinhead, but it's Kassovitz's restless camerawork and a script as funny as it is hard-hitting that make this such an impressive and important work. DP
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Running time
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93min
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Country of origin
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Fr
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Genre
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Drama
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Original language
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French
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Screenplay
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Mathieu Kassovitz
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Theatrical distributor
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Optimum Releasing
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UK cinema certificate
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15
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UK cinema release date
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August 2004
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Subtitling information
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In French with subtitles
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| Cannes International Film Festival 1995 |
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Mathieu Kassovitz |
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