“How you fall doesn’t matter, it’s how you land”. Ahead of screening Justin Kerrigan’s Welsh/British cult classic Human Traffic at Rio cinema (April 26th), Never watching movies is exploring youth culture of the 90s with Mathieu Kassovitz’s LA HAINE (1995).
watch the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfE0o9B3dhI
Unemployment, racism and the prospect of living for the weekend, La Haine (The hate) follows the life of young French immigrants (Vinz, Hubert and Said) over the course of a day. The three young men live on an immigrant housing project/council estate (French: banlieues). After a young man from the estate (Abdel Ichacha) is tortured by the police, riots explode on the streets of Paris. Vinz, Said and Hubert find a gun lost by the police in the riots and threaten to kill a cop if their friend Abdel dies.
Positioned as troubled youth with nothing to do, the film questions if they are really aimless youth or if their circumstances have forced them to set aside their dreams in order to simply make it through another day. Outside the estate, the pressures of society ostracise them, finding themselves in environments that constantly make them feel unwelcome and unsafe.
The film is French language with English Subtitles with a run time of 1hr38mins. After the screening feel free to stay for a discussion of the film! Tickets for this screening are £3+ suggested donation. Unfortunately, this venue is not wheelchair accessible.
ADDRESS: Farr’s school of dancing bar, 17,19 Dalston lane, London E8 3DF.
Hope to see you there!