When they find a policeman's gun that was lost in the riot, they vow revenge and head toward Paris, planning to kill a policeman if their friend dies. In the film, three young men, of Jewish, Arab, and black African descent, seethe with anger against the police and the establishment for the beating that left their friend in a coma and triggered a riot. Share La Haine, or Hate, caused a sensation when it was released in France in 1995 for its gritty, vivid and shocking snapshot of life in the 'banlieue,' or the suburban Parisian housing projects full of low-income immigrants.
