Directed by:
Mathieu KassovitzScreenplay:
Mathieu KassovitzCinematography:
Pierre AïmCast:
Vincent Cassel, Hubert Koundé, Saïd Taghmaoui, Benoît Magimel, Édouard Montoute, François Levantal, Karin Viard, Peter Kassovitz, Vincent Lindon (more)Plots(1)
While to most outsiders Paris seems the very picture of beauty and civility, France has had a long and unfortunate history of intolerance toward outsiders, and this powerful drama from filmmaker Mathieu Kassovitz takes an unblinking look at a racially diverse group of young people trapped in the Parisian economic and social underclass. Vinz (Vincent Cassel), who is Jewish, Hubert (Hubert Kounde), who is Black, and Said (Said Taghmaoui), who is Arabic, are young men from the lower rungs of the French economic ladder; they have no jobs, few prospects, and no productive way to spend their time. They hang out and wander the streets as a way of filling their days and are sometimes caught up in frequent skirmishes between the police and other disaffected youth. One day, a street riot breaks out after police seriously injure an Arab student; the three friends are arrested and questioned, and it is learned that a policeman lost a gun in the chaos. However, what they don't know is that Vinz picked it up and has it in his possession, and when Vinz, Hubert, and Said get into a scuffle with a group of racist skinheads, the circumstances seem poised for tragedy. (Transmission Films)
(more)Cast
Vincent Cassel
France
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Saïd Taghmaoui
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Benoît Magimel
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François Levantal
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Karin Viard
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Peter Kassovitz
Kingdom of Hungary
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Vincent Lindon
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Mathieu Kassovitz
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Philippe Nahon
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Laurent Labasse
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Mathilde Vitry
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Choukri Gabteni
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Karim Belkhadra
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Marc Duret
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