Violence In La Haine

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La Haine is a French film from the 1990s. The film is in black and white camera effect and sets a serious mood and tone. The movie starts off with clips of people rioting and cars being overturned. Right away, you can tell one of the themes in this film will be related with violence. The movie’s main characters are three young men; Said, Hubert, and Vinz. They all were from the projects. Although the three of them were ethnically diverse from one another. They derived from the same background and experienced similar conflicts within the French society. La Haine greatly exhibited how harsh life was for the people living in the projects. The movie revolved around themes such as violence, racism, and the struggle of coming from a relatively poor …show more content…

If you had a gun, you basically had power. When a lost gun from the riots was in Vinz’s custody, many internal as well as external conflicts arose. Hubert and Vinz, numerous times, had arguments and tensions arising between them two. Vinz wished to take a life of an officer to avenge the death of his friend, Abdel. Hubert felt that was a terrible idea and wouldn't make a difference because killing one officer wouldn't have solved the issue. Although Vinz never did get to execute an officer, despite his desires to do so, ultimately an officer executed Vinz accidently. Furthermore, in one riot, a group of men who were close to Abdel shot at cops, infuriated. Where there were guns, there was violence in the movie. Guns and violence were a huge theme in the …show more content…

The three men, Said, Hubert, and Vinz were without a doubt unfairly discriminated and mistreated by the cops. Simply because of where they came from, the police never gave them the full respect everyone is entitled to have. The police did not even know them or have proof they committed a crime or offense, but still beat Said and Hubert up severely. Even when a group of the people from the projects were just on the roof top, not causing trouble, they were forced to get off and disperse. And when they refused, the situation got out of hand and violence was

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