They also meet with other ethnic youngsters who are visibly disturbed by the news reports. They wander around pondering what would happen if the Arab boy dies. Vinz (Vincent Cassel, L'appartement, Our Day Will Come), a working-class Jewish boy, Said (Said Taghmaoui, Room to Rent), a bitter but indecisive Arab, and Hubert (Hubert Kounde, Café au lait, TV's Braquo), a North African amateur boxer, are shocked.
Outside, on the streets of the banlieues, the boy's friends begin following closely the news reports. He is then taken into intensive care where his condition is evaluated as critical. So far, so good.Īn Arab boy is brutally beaten by the French police immediately after a massive riot on the outskirts of Paris. In French, with optional English subtitles for the main feature. The disc also arrives with an illustrated booklet featuring an essay by film scholar Ginette Vincendeau and an appreciation by acclaimed filmmaker Costa-Gavras. The supplemental features on the disc include original trailers introduction to the film by by actress and filmmaker Jodie Foster deleted and extended scenes stills gallery video conversation with sociologists sociologists Sophie Body-Gendrot, William Kornblum, and Jeffrey Fagan documentary film produced by Studio Canal audio commentary by director Mathieu Kassovitz and more.
'Hate' (1995) arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Criterion.
