La Haine

Directed by Mathieu Kassovitz and winner of the Palme d'Or at Cannes, this film follows three young men for 24 hours in the french suburban ghetto. Vinz (Vincent Cassel), a jew, Saïd (Saïd Taghmaoui), an arab, and Hubert (Hubert Koundé), a black boxer, have grown up in these suburbs where racism and police oppression have raised tensions to a critical point. One night, Abdel is beaten up by the police and an officer loses his gun, later found by Vinz. Vinz is now determined to kill a policeman if his friend Abdel dies in hospital.