Questions + plans

• Expliquez jusqu'a quel point ce film présente une image de la brutalité de la police


  p1 yes:

  • opening scene, images from news - from the start police are portrayed as harsh
  • police station - police are aggressive, behaviour is shocking, highlights injustice, shows the 'violence gratuite', we see the hate of the police in a concrete way
  • end - kassovitz reflects what he wants to denounce = 'bavures policieres'

  p2 no:

  • violence of youth e.g in hospital and towards mayor - shows how hate attracts hate
  • hubert says 'il y a encore des bons flics' - gives some hope
• Examinez jusqu'a quel point les trois personnages principaux sont des personnages réalistes ou des stéréotypes


  p1 no:

  • hubert is mature and not violent - his first scene, stops vinz being violent
  • vinz changes by the end - incapable of doing what he says he'll do, doesnt shoot police, doesn't shoot skinhead

  p2 yes:

  • vinz is stereotypically aggressive, hates police, throws things at the mayor, rude towards women in museum
  • hubert is violent at the end, points gun towards police
  • none have jobs, they're bored
  • antisocial behaviour - they're on the roof, said writes with graffiti
• Examinez les similarités et les differences entre Said, Vinz et Hubert dans La Haine


  p1 similarities:

  • hate towards the police and authorities
  • said writes 'baisse la police' with graffiti
  • vinz threatens to kill police if abdel dies
  • hubert points gun towards police at end

  p2 differences:

  • hubert wants to leave, knows violence isnt the answer
  • vinz is angry, wants to get revenge, 'tu connais un autre moyen pour se respecter'
  • said is childlike, immature, a joker, rebellious, relies on Nordine
• "Les personnages principaux ne sont ni bons ni mauvais". Dans quelle mesure etes-vous d'accords avec ce jugement?

  p1 agree:

  • vinz never acts on his anger, e.g threatens to shoot skinhead and police but doesn't
  • hubert becomes angry - not bad originally but becomes bad - he becomes a product of his environment

  p2 disagree:

  • hubert wants to leave, knows the environment isnt good for him, tries to dissuade vinz from being aggressive
  • there is always a reason for vinz and hubert's aggression, e.g hubert is aggressive in the police station to protect said, vinz wants to shoot police because of abdel
• Examinez l'importance des femmes dans ce film


  p1 important:

  • show the lack of respect of most people towards women - e.g in the museum, said is rude towards them, even though they show some respect for him -> like hubert, they cannot escape their bad treatment, even if they try

  p2 unimportant:

  • not many women in the film, only the female members of the close family of the vinz, said and hubert -> they don't have much of an impact on the storyline, as the main focus of the story is on police brutality
• Examinez l'importance des personnes plus agées dans ce film


  p1 important:

  • hate attracts hate -> youths are violent towards police and this is reciprocated -> no single cause to the problem of aggression and hate, maybe society is the main problem
  • the man in toilets tells the trio about his friend Grunwalski, the lack of presence of a male role model (french = modele) for the trio is highlighted

  p2 unimportant:

  • the focus isn't on the age difference, but instead the differences and tension between the banlieusards, and the police and the people from outside the banlieues
• Examinez l'importance de Vinz dans ce film


  p1 fits stereotypes of youths:

  • attracted to weapons and violence -> bathroom scene, stole the police officers guns, excited when talking about riots
  • hates the police and authorities -> wants to kill a police officer, throws things at mayor
  • smokes cannabis, has hallucinations and violent fantasies -> representation of his violent personnality

  p2 disproves stereotypes of youths:

  • incapable of doing what he says he'll do e.g shoot police, shoot skinhead -> helps humanise him (french = humaniser)
• Examinez l'importance de Said dans ce film


  p1 immature and rude:

  • steals sausage and needs Nordine to help him, shows poverty and immaturity -> fits in with stereotypes
  • delinquent -> writes 'said baisse la police' on CRS van
  • rude towards women in the museum -> lack of respect, fits in with stereotypes

  p2 non violent:

  • tries to stop arguments between his friends with jokes
  • doesnt participate in riots, maybe scared of police -> shows how common bavures are, but also he steals cash -> shows poverty which is another key theme
• Examinez l'importance de Hubert dans ce film 


  p1 mature and protective of friends

  • non violent, uses boxing as an escape
  • protects said in the police station, "le touche pas"
  • dissuades vinz from shooting and from pickpocketing, "un mois de placard pour vol a la tire, c'est pas glorieux"

  p2 changes to be violent (maybe the main message in film)

  • reveals vinz's gun at the end when police officer shoots vinz -> still protective but has become violent, shows how hate attracts hate, chooses to resort to violence, he has become a product of his environment, provoked by death of his friend
• Examinez jusqu'a quel point les trois personnages principaux se développent au travers ce film


  p1 Vinz:

  • start: aggressive, pretends to shoot in mirror, threatens to shoot police
  • end: doesn't shoot skinhead or police officer, gives gun to hubert

  p2 hubert:

  • start: non violent, uses boxing to escape, dissuades vinz from being violent
  • end: violent, resorts to violence, becomes product of his environment

  p3 said:

  • doesn't change, starts and finishes film with a close up (fr = un gros plan) of his eyes, shows endless cycle (fr = cycle sans fin) of hatred
• Examinez la répresentation des banlieues et du centre de Paris dans ce film


  p1 banlieue:

  • boredom, unemployment shown with scenes of the trio doing nothing
  • banlieuesards are aggressive towards authorities -> throw things at mayor, fits with stereotypes, on the roof which is banned

  p2 paris:

  • banlieusards are looked down on -> arrested at Asterix apartment
  • told off during museum scene
  • not allowed to be in hospital
• Analysez l'effet d'habiter dans la banlieu sur le comportement du trio


  p1 positive:

  • friendship shown: go to hospital to support abdel, hubert backs up said in police stat

  p2 negative:

  • negative stereotypes, looked down on by the Parisiennes and the police
  • face poverty - said has to steal sausage, doesnt participate in riots to steal cash
  • no escape, hubert tries to escape but becomes product of his environment,