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La Haine

Movie · 1995 · 96 min

A raw, tense day-in-the-life that simmers with anger and despair, pulling you into its restless, volatile world.

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1995 film directed by Mathieu Kassovitz
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Year
1995
Runtime
96 min
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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • class
  • violence
  • race
  • identity
  • friendship
Places
  • big city
  • suburbs
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror2
Humour3
Realism9
Romance0
Tension8
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

Details

Genres
drama, crime, hood
Directed by
Mathieu Kassovitz
Written by
Mathieu Kassovitz
Starring
Vincent Cassel, Mathieu Kassovitz, Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi, Vincent Lindon, Saïd Taghmaoui, Benoît Magimel, Sergi López, Karin Viard
Music
Vincent Tulli
Cinematography
Pierre Aïm
Runtime
96 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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