Ten Years of LA HAINE
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1h 23m
This documentary, produced by StudioCanal, traces the history of LA HAINE from the real-life shooting that inspired the screenplay to the film’s success at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival. It includes interviews with director Mathieu Kassovitz, actors Vincent Cassel and Hubert Koundé, and producers Christophe Rossignon and Alain Rocca.
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Social Dynamite
In the following program from 2007, sociologists Sophie Body-Gendrot, William Kornblum, and Jeffrey Fagan discuss the significance of LA HAINE’s banlieue setting and the realities of public housing in France and the United States.
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Preparing for the Shoot
This video details the cast and crew members’ first experiences in the housing project that served as their home while they prepared to shoot LA HAINE in 1995.
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The Making of a Scene
In this on-set footage, director Mathieu Kassovitz orchestrates one of the more technically challenging scenes in LA HAINE, the one in which Vinz fantasizes about shooting a cop.
