La haine 1995 La Haine | Protest 1995 Movie Plot Although Paris may seem like the cradle of beauty and civilization to foreigners, France has a long and unfortunate history of intolerance towards foreigners. Director Mathieu Kassovitz's powerful drama sheds light on the lives of multi-racial youth trapped in the socio-economically lower classes of Paris. Jewish Vinz, black Hubert and Arab Said are three friends. They don't have a job, nor a pursuit to waste time on. They spend their days wandering the streets and sometimes getting involved in clashes between the police and other opposition youth. One day, a street riot breaks out after the police seriously injure an Arab student. Everything will change in 24 hours. The 1995 French film La Haine is directed by director Mathieu Kassovitz. The 1995 crime and drama Protest film won 8 awards, especially at the Cannes Film Festival. La Haine | The Protest 1995 film is ranked #227 on IMDB's best movies ever made.