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Before Dir. Mathieu Kassovitz was known for ‘Crimson Rivers’ and ‘Gothika’ and before actor Vincent Cassel starred in ‘Irreversible’, ‘Brotherhood Of The Wold’, the two paired up on the 1995 french cult classic ‘La Haine’ (Hate). One of the grittiest films to come out of Europe, the story centres around three characters from the housing projects surrounding Paris. Kassovitz managed to capture the type of gritty realism that veteran arthouse film directors spend their whole career striving for. This film never seizes to amaze me. I’ve seen documentaries that come close but never a feature.