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Only TU/e students can attend this film. Buying a ticket online in advance is mandatory if you want to attend this film.

This film will be shown at Filmhuis De Zwarte Doos. More information about SG & USE regulation can be found here. You can register by scanning your student card before the start of film.

Please register your participation upon arrival when attending the film. From Ginette Vincendeau’s essay La haine and after: Arts, Politics, and the Banlieue.

In the land that gave us champagne, La Haine is a Molotov cocktail. Today, it still possesses a raw energy and has all the ingredients to capture a young audience: a (still) recognizable and captivating story, great performances by young actors like Vincent Cassel, humor, (rap)music, violence and style. It captured a young generation on the brink, caught between French culture and that of their parents, and in love with American rap music and cinema. The film, written and directed by Mathieu Kassovitz, had a huge impact when released in 1995 because of both its content and form. La Haine is recommended by the Studium Generale Film Committee because of both the social issues it tackles, which are still relevant today, and the (now classic) style of black and white cinematography. The tension builds as the film follows this mixed-race young male trio from a run-down banlieue across 24 hours. As much a realistic portrayal of a torn society as it is an artistic achievement, 'La Haine' is essential viewing.Vinz, Saïd and Hubert are furious when their friend Abdel, an Arab youth from a Parisian banlieue, is arrested and so badly beaten by cops that he ends up in the hospital fighting for his life. And, perhaps most of all, THE perfect script. Everything fits: the musical choices, the outstanding performances by the 3 main characters, the beautiful cinematography and flawless direction. But it's also a cinematic masterpiece and great, often hilarious entertainment. While there are so many references to Scorsese that you could almost call it an homage, this French milestone deals with the disillusioned youth who live in the outskirts of Paris in such an elegant - and honest - way, that I would go so far as to call it the most relevant French film of the last 20 years. 'Mean Streets' in french - and so much more.
