To the characters specifically, it has different meanings. The film is set in les banlieues in paris and based around three main characters who differ greatly not just in their ethnicity, but also their outlook on reality. It is commonly released under its french title in the englishspeaking world, although its u. With vincent cassel, hubert kounde, said taghmaoui, abdel ahmed ghili. This could be a procedural about the french police forces endless crusade against crime in the suburbs around paris.
Compare the attitudes to poverty conveyed in the films you have studied for this topic. The tough delinquent raised in paris roughest neighborhood is ultimately motivated by grief for his fallen friend, and is shown to be rather sensitive and. So when we see the cow, the old man and the drunk, we cant help but ask questions. The film follows three young men and their time spent in the french suburban ghetto, over a span of twentyfour hours. The film was already an international sensation at this point, having sent shockwaves through the 1995 cannes film festival, where it received a. And as we can see in the film, apart from maybe hubert and his gym, the other main. The main themes that are explored in the film are friendship, hypocrisy, abuse of power, injustice, hatred.
Paris suburbs have faced an influx of immigration since 1990s. There is much significance of the title to the entirety of the film. This could be a procedural about the french police forces endless crusade. These areas are stereotyped in the media as places of urban deprivation, crime and drug use.
Said is looked upon as the leader of the group, it is fairly clear to the audience. The title of the film actually derives from a line spoken by hubert. The title derives from a line spoken by one of them, hubert. I dont give five stars much, but id be dammed if i wouldnt do it for this true gem. Written by isabelle vanderschelden, department of languages, manchester metropolitan university recommended for students and teachers of asa2 french. Its the story of a man who falls from a 50storey building. But the riots and the violent confrontation between the police and young people. Il ne sinterroge pas sur ses paroles ni sur ses actes. However, later in the film it is made more of a fact rather than a thought as he was the only one to get arrested as he was viewed as the ring leader. Hate is a 1995 french blackandwhite drama film written, coedited, and directed by mathieu kassovitz.
The convergence of mathieu kassovitzs film and social unrest, however, was nothing new. Mathieu kassovitz is a 29yearold french director who in his first two films has probed the wound of alienation among frances young. Mathieu kassovitz is a 29yearold french director who in his first two films has probed the wound of alienation among frances young outsiders. Vinz, a jew, said, an arab, and hubert, a black boxer, have grown up in these french suburbs where high levels of diversity coupled. Huberts character senses that an impending tragedy is about to hit them, it is not by chance that it is he who quotes the proverb about the falling man, the allegory that contains the gist of the film s message.
And yet the film is shot in black and white on an ugly housing. In the film, the news media is bias, portraying the youth as menacing while failing to realize. As he falls, he repeats over and over to reassure himself. It is about three young friends and their struggle to live in the banlieues of paris. For example, the scene in which the dj mixes the two songs, nwas fuck tha police and edith piafs non, je ne regrette rien respectively, uses both sound and missenscene to generate meaning and audience response. Now, with a sequel mooted and france again experiencing uncertainty, we reflect on the film s legacy. His new film hate tells the story of three young menan arab, an african and a jewwho spend an aimless day in a sterile paris suburb, as social turmoil swirls around them and they eventually get into a confrontation with the police. The three protagonists live in a banlinue of paris. Every night, as in the bob marley song we hear over. In the beginning of the scene, the camera gives us a longshot of the protagonists pulling the gang members body into the room, this shows the audience a. Plot and context the film is based on true events in the 1990s, when social problems in france led to 10 straight nights of rioting throughout the country. From graffiti to huberts philosophical story of a man falling from a skyscraper, the film cant help but probe the audiences curiosity.
But the riots and the violent confrontation between the police and young people is placed within a much longer sociohistorical context. Matthew kassovitz was awarded best director and five times as many copies of the film were produced as would normally have been the case, as people flocked to the cinema to see it in their thousands. These main reasons for the rioting were excessive unemployment, inadequate housing, poor schooling and unresponsive political structure. Within french society, french police have been known to kill innocent, young, french minorities by accident. From shooting on location in france, the audience can really get a feel for the living conditions and increases the believability and realism dramatically. I write about it a lot here at i love that film and elsewhere, having contributed an article to media magazine comparing it to city of god and most recently writing for static mass emporium analysing the brilliant open ending. Opening scene mise en scene tv news report about the riots conflict is represented from the outset of the film saiid pictured in sport type casual clothing vinz is introduced through wearing his ring wants to be superiorpowerful empty banlieues urban estate area sound voiceover of the tv news report outsider perspective, contrasts with rockets. Hes wearing a necklace with a star of david on it, and hes shown dreaming about dancing a traditional jewish dance jerk with a heart of gold. Undergoing the modernization trend and economic crisis of paris, the banlieues became isolated both objectively and subjectively from the main society. An analysis of parody as a subversive element in these,texts shows that. The power that the law and authority figures such as the police hold over the the everyday man.
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