![]() ![]() And some critics have singled out its distinctive, hard-edged language. The film, which was shown last fall at the New York Film Festival and opens on Friday, has been compared to recent movies by Spike Lee and others dealing with the guns and drugs that rule many American inner cities. In France, where the movie has been seen by nearly two million people since it was released last May, "Hate" marked a significant break with this country's entrenched tradition of making psychological, romantic, humorous or historical films. When they recover a revolver during a race riot in which a friend is mortally wounded by the police, they at last have a way of getting revenge. All were born in France of immigrant parents, all are fluent in French slang, and all are deeply resentful of a French society that does not accept them. Kassovitz won the best-director award at the 1995 Cannes film festival, focuses on three young men of distinct family backgrounds: Jewish, Arab and African. ![]() It was a France that many had not seen - or heard - before. ![]() They were taken aback to discover a multiracial underclass, seething with anger, that spoke a slang that most French could barely understand. Many French moviegoers were nonetheless shocked by its raw portrayal of the violence and frustration gripping the immigrant-packed suburbs of major French cities. THE TITLE OF MATHIEU Kassovitz's second film, "Hate" ("La Haine"), should have served as a warning. ![]()
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