La Haine

"How far you fall doesn't matter, it's how you land." - La Haine


La Haine, translated from french means "Hate". It's a brilliant movie by Mathieu Kassovitz.

Fans of City of God, Elite Squad, Dirty Pretty Things and the like which features social issues in alternative voices will definitely treasure this.

The film is in black and white, in french, and is basically about 3 immigrants (Vinz, Hubert and Said) in modern-day France trying to find some meaning in a place where even fresh bullet shells on the pavements are much easier to come by. Uncared for by society, what then entails? How would an object of power in possession, shift the balance of things? Perhaps a gun maybe?

I'm not going to ruin the plot, but always keep a sharp eye on the director's use of subtle visual storytelling.

And i promise you, if the ending doesn't leave you all wide-eyed with your mouth open, shoot me.

Maybe it's high time for us to look at certain things differently in life. Who knows, we might even be the cause of all that is wrong. There is a reason why social issues are not called individual issues, as everything is connected. Or maybe no one cares enough yet. We've all got enough food on the table for the moment, no?

As Hubert would say, "So far, so good."

But for how long?