The storyline explores the bad attitude that the people living in the ZUP towards the police and Vice versa. It also reflects the attitudes that the three main characters have towards the police.The first verse of the song relates to how the three main characters may feel living in the ZUP.‘This morning I woke up in a curfew O God, I was a prisoner, too - yeah!Could not recognize the faces standing over me They were all dressed in uniforms of brutality.’.‪La Haine (English subtitles) - part 1/7‬‏ - YouTube Watch the opening scene again and think about the ways the lyrics to the song compliment the footage you are watching. Key Scenes: Opening scene The opening scene to the film is accompanied by the Bob Marley song ‘Burnin and lootin’, which suggests a particular way of seeing the documentary footage.

Make sure you can refer to specific scenes in order to illustrate your point.

For example, because he is ‘white’, it is Vinz who is given the task of attempting to gain entry to the middle-class block of flats where they hope to meet ‘Asterix’.Įthnic Origins What other ways could you differentiate between the three main characters? Discuss the above question in pairs.

Drawn together by their shared youth culture, their difference in ethnic origin seems unimportant to them: But each character is shown to be very aware of the ways in which others in France might look at his ethnicity.

La Haine: Characters How would you differentiate between the three main characters?Įthnic Origins Hubert: Black African-French Vinz: From a Jewish Background Said: Arab African- French

These main reasons for the rioting were excessive unemployment, inadequate housing, poor schooling and unresponsive political structure.

The film is based on true events in the 1990’s, when social problems in France led to 10 straight nights of rioting throughout the country.

The ZUP is in the suburbs of Paris, showing an aftermath of a riot, which helps to highlight the bad relationship between the police and the youth culture occupying the ZUP.

The film looks at a single day in the life of three friends, from immigrant families living in a impoverished multi-ethnic French housing project called a ZUP (zone a urbaniser en prioritie).Black and white film, based around one day in the life of the three main protagonists.Stars: Vincent Cassel, Hubert Kounde and Said Taghmaoui (Stars kept their first names for the characters).

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