"La Haine", directed by Mathieu Kassovitz

Synopsis: The film follows three young men and their time spent in the French suburban "ghetto," over a span of twenty-four hours. Vinz, a Jew, Saïd, an Arab, and Hubert, a black boxer, have grown up in these French suburbs where high levels of diversity coupled with the racist and oppressive police force have raised tensions to a critical breaking point. During the riots that took place a night before, a police officer lost his handgun in the ensuing madness, only to leave it for Vinz to find. Now, with a newfound means to gain the respect he deserves, Vinz vows to kill a cop if his friend Abdel dies in the hospital, due the beating he received while in police custody. Written by b4arr2y

My opinion: Great movie. At the end of the movie, the narrator (Hubert) says the following "it's the story of a falling society, trying to re-assure herself that everything is ok so far... coz the most important is not the way you fall, but how you'll land"...well, La Haine was shoot in 1996...we are now in 2008... and it is, still, a perfect presentation of the French society.