La Haine - Short task

Bleak - Throughout the film the outlook for the three main characters looks pretty bleak as no matter where they go there is violence and a lack of safety. Even at the end of the film when the day is ending for them Vinz is killed, Hubert's fate is unknown and Said is left alone to witness the shooting of one or both of his best friends.

Sexist - The boys from the estate don't know how to speak to women respectfully, apart from Hubert who is slightly more gentlemanly due to the fact he is the father figure in his family and speaks to his mother with respect in contrast to Vinz who acts incredibly rude towards his grandmother. In the art gallery scene where Hubert approaches two women in an attempt to set up Said the conversation starts of respectful and ends up with screaming and shouting sexist remarks towards them. Throughout the film only a small number of women are seen and they're all in a position of lower status compared to the men.

Real - Not every story has a happy ending, especially in real life. La Haine portrays real aspects of life in the projects with constant conflict from police and from other citizens. The film tackles hard-hitting subjects like police brutality, corruption and drugs which are all aspects of an underprivileged upbringing. In the scene where the boys go to Paris and Hubert and Said are caught by the police and subsequently abused by them in custody it represents the corruption that goes on behind closed doors when too much power is given to the wrong people, a problem that probably occurs more often than you would hear about.

Tense - In the final scene where Vinz lies dead on the ground and Hubert is pointing the gun at the police officer that shot him there is a high tension in the air. Any slight movement could see the end of someones life and Said knows this. He looks on from behind the two with fearful eyes and when a single shot is heard the screen goes black. Without knowing who it was that died, if it was Hubert, the police officer or both, the tense atmosphere is held.