La Haine (1995), directed by Mathieu Kassovitz

Film screening
97 minutes
Feature narrative
1995 - France
French with English Subtitles

Date & Time

Sunday May 26
7-9PM

Location

Innis Town Hall
Innis College, 2 Sussex Ave
Toronto

Accessibility

Innis College is accessible on the main floor, including Town Hall. There are four dedicated spaces for assistive mobility devices at the rear of Town Hall, and the theatre has power-assisted doors for full access. Assistive-listening devices are also available. An accessible gender-neutral washroom is located on the third floor of the east wing. Please direct any accessibility inquiries to rentals.innis@utoronto.ca.

Mathieu Kassovitz took the film world by storm with La haine, a gritty, unsettling, and visually explosive look at the racial and cultural volatility in modern-day France, specifically the low-income banlieue districts on Paris’s outskirts.

Passing their days in the concrete environs of their suburbia, Vinz (Vincent Cassel), Hubert (Hubert Koundé), and Saïd (Saïd Taghmaoui) give human faces to France’s immigrant populations, their bristling resentment at their marginalization slowly simmering until it reaches a climactic boiling point. A work of tough beauty, La haine is a landmark of contemporary French cinema and a gripping reflection of its country’s ongoing identity crisis.

This screening is a part of a series on Riots, Rebellions, and Anti-colonial Formations.

Schedule
3-5PM: Battle of Algiers (1966)
5-6:30PM Panel discussion with Esmat Elhalaby and Mathieu Rigouste
7-9PM: La Haine (1995)