La Haine

bitesize · **La Haine -** August 26th 2009, 09:38 PM

AMAZING film. Anyone else a fan?¿
I watched it two years ago, and then just got it on DVD and rediscovered its absolute brilliance.

Perplexity · **Re: La Haine -** August 26th 2009, 09:53 PM

I really wanna watch this film. I've heard good things about it. I love French films.

bitesize · **Re: La Haine -** August 26th 2009, 10:02 PM

Definitely watch it....so good. Yeah, it's great when you can listen to the French and actually understand some of it!!

Angel · **Re: La Haine -** August 26th 2009, 10:04 PM

If you don't mind me asking, what is the film about?

Stephanie · **Re: La Haine -** August 26th 2009, 10:10 PM

Oh, I've watched this film so many times and it's still amazing, I would definitely recommend it. Basically, it's about a group of guys who live in a ZUP in the banlieues of Paris.

From IMDb:

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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.

bitesize · **Re: La Haine -** August 26th 2009, 10:18 PM

Oh jaysus I'm terrible at explaining movies

It's set in the suburbs of Paris in the nineties, which were at the time really rough places with loads of troubleand violence, and it's about how the young people struggle with their conflict against the police. At the start of the movie we learn that a friend of the three main characters has been shot by the police and is in a coma in hospital, and so one of them announces that if their friend dies he's going to kill a policeman. It didn't seem like my kind of movie when we started watching it in French class, but it really grabs you (: SO worth watching.

EDIT: Oh right, there we go!! ^^

glittermist · **Re: La Haine -** August 26th 2009, 10:21 PM

Ah, this film was amazing. I cried at the end, like the the huge girly-girl i am.
Oh i love the whole 'le monde est a nous' thing, It originally said 'le monde est a vous' which was so ironic and fitting for the whole film. La Haine was so powerful, and i really need to watch it again.

p.s: excuse my lack of accents.

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bitesize Offline Member since April '07 I can't get enough ********* Age: 21 Gender: Female Location: Ireland. Posts: 3,116 Join Date: January 7th 2009	La Haine - August 26th 2009, 09:38 PM AMAZING film. Anyone else a fan?¿ I watched it two years ago, and then just got it on DVD and rediscovered its absolute brilliance. Don't take life too seriously; no one gets out alive anyway. Reach for the stars so if you fall you land on a cloud ~ Kanye West Mistakes are minimized by experience and experience is maximised by mistakes.

Perplexity Offline Per sempre <3 I can't get enough ********* Name: Shaz Gender: Female Location: Up North. Posts: 2,126 Join Date: January 5th 2009	Re: La Haine - August 26th 2009, 09:53 PM I really wanna watch this film. I've heard good things about it. I love French films. Previous usernames: Bonheur, Moofin, Shaz. When she was just a girl, she expected the world but it flew away from her reach, so she ran away in her sleep and dreamed of para-para-paradise. [Click here to PM me]

bitesize Offline Member since April '07 I can't get enough ********* Age: 21 Gender: Female Location: Ireland. Posts: 3,116 Join Date: January 7th 2009	Re: La Haine - August 26th 2009, 10:02 PM Definitely watch it....so good. Yeah, it's great when you can listen to the French and actually understand some of it!! Don't take life too seriously; no one gets out alive anyway. Reach for the stars so if you fall you land on a cloud ~ Kanye West Mistakes are minimized by experience and experience is maximised by mistakes.

Angel Offline The final horcrux I've been here a while ******** Gender: Female Location: Slytherin Common Room Posts: 1,383 Join Date: January 5th 2009	Re: La Haine - August 26th 2009, 10:04 PM If you don't mind me asking, what is the film about? "Years ago, I knew a boy who made all the wrong choices."

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