La Haine
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France, United States · 1995
1h 38m
Director Mathieu Kassovitz
Starring Vincent Cassel, Hubert Koundé, Saïd Taghmaoui, Abdel Ahmed Ghili
Genre Drama
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Three friends pass aimless days in their dead-end banlieue. Vinz, whose Eastern European family is Jewish, Hubert, who has Caribbean roots, and Said, of North African descent, are all part of France's large immigrant population. As their resentment of their social marginalization increases, they decide that they have to act.
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