La Haine

How far can it be argued that your chosen films provide a ‘realistic’ representation of the people and places they focus on?

La Haine is a film based on the French’s sub culture of the projects and immigrants. During the film the characters have numerous relations to America and other areas this is escapism for the characters because they know they will live better then they are doing in France. When Said goes into Vinz room and you see what Vinz is dreaming about he is dreaming about American break dancing this shows that they are dreaming about it. He also has a Bob Marley poster on the wall this shows that they want the feeling of free will, which they don’t have in France so it makes it big that these singers have it and they sing about it. The Name of the Film Means Hatred in English this could potentially show that this is what the film is about. At the start of the film it feels like it is a Documentary this can help show how the film is being realistic and that is showing what really did happen in France to the projects.  This can show it is realistic because if it gives a documentary viewing to the audience then they will be able to relate to this in France.

 We in England think its bad what happens to Vinz but in France it will be so much worse because they relate to the story because Makone M’Bowle was a real Project and during the interrogation scene when the police officer says to Hubert  “Should I put a bullet in your neck” this relates to the incident to Makone M’Bowle because the police officer was threatening him the same way the police officer was to Hubert and then the gun fired by mistake and this was just on of he 300 deaths that happened to the migrants within France this is the reason why they can relate to the incidence in France. This would include Vinz and Abdel’s death because they are just two projects out of the 300 who have died in the hands of the police and these are not cared for because the police are anti police and this incidence can prove this.

When the Media van turns up whilst they are in the playground this can show how the media has made a stereotype out of the projects because as soon as she pulled up she asks whether they were included in the riots? And whilst she is asking them questions they film them this shows how they try and get the work from projects, We get a POV of the camera man filming the argument between the news woman and Vinz and it shows the part when Vinz gets angry but not the part were he is arguing against his free will saying e isn’t an animal. This shows how the media has impacted the French society because this shows how they can manipulate how the projects act because they know they annoy them. This shows a realistic view of the media because create stereotypes.

1.     Governments saying “French” and “non-French”

2.     How Hubert is criticized more then the other too due to him being black

3.     M’Bowles interrogation and how it relates to the Interrogation scene in the LA Haine

4.     How the Women are represented in the film the way they