Hs are always silent in French and the word haine is simply pronounced like the letter N. Hot pronunciation tip from your hosts: don't shy away from the film's title. Released in 1995 in the midst of France's 'fracture sociale,' the film - with its underlying themes of police brutality, racism, disenchanted youth, and social unrest - is as relevant today as it was then.
To celebrate Fruit of My Past, Souag's debut exhibition at Nationale, they're honored to collaborate with the Hollywood Theatre for this special screening. They immediately chanted in unison, ' Jusqu'ici tout va bien.' and soon realized how impactful the film had been for them, especially how influential it had been on Souag's work. Nationale's curator May Barruel and artist Salomée Souag were recently discussing their upbringing on opposite sides of the Franco-Swiss border when LA HAINE came up. For the record, Criterion have provided optional English subtitles for the. Their bristling resentment at their own marginalization slowly simmers until it reaches a climactic boiling point. There is only one audio track on this Blu-ray disc: French DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1. The film follows three friends, Vinz (Vincent Cassel), Saïd (Saïd Taghmaoui) and Hubert (Hubert Koundé), for 24 hours after the riots.
When a young man named Abdel is arrested and beaten unconscious by police, a riot erupts in the housing projects outside of Paris.
Nationale and Salomée Souag present Mathieu Kassovitz' 1995 cult film.
