French actor and director Mathieu Kassovitz is “worrying” condition after a motorcycle accident in Paris yesterday. Kassovitz, 56, was preparing for a role in an upcoming film when he was “very seriously injured,” according to French media.
The actor was taken to a hospital in Kremlin-Bicêtre, according to authorities in Essonne. His injuries include head trauma and a fractured pelvis. Le Parisien reported that Kassovitz was on a motorcycle training course, and that one of his daughters was on a motorcycle behind him with an instructor and witnessed the accident.
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The actor was taken to a hospital in Kremlin-Bicêtre, according to authorities in Essonne. His injuries include head trauma and a fractured pelvis. Le Parisien reported that Kassovitz was on a motorcycle training course, and that one of his daughters was on a motorcycle behind him with an instructor and witnessed the accident.
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- 9/4/2023
- by Emily Zemler
- Rollingstone.com
Actor and director Mathieu Kassovitz has been in a serious motorcycle accident, a representative for Kassovitz confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter.
The La Haine filmmaker was driving along the Autodrome de Montlhéry, a motor racing circuit south of Paris, French news channel CNews and international news agency Afp reported Sunday. Kassovitz’s condition is said to be “worrying.”
Kassovitz was transported to the Kremlin-Bicêtre hospital, a source told the news outlets, after doing a motorcycle course on the circuit, a police source told Afp.
The director originally broke out in the industry in 1995 with La Haine, a French film that follows three men in the 24 hours after a violent riot takes place on the outskirts of Paris. The project, which Kassovitz also stars in and wrote, is regarded as an influential story that portrays racism and police violence in France.
“La Haine” is a French phrase that translates to “Hatred...
The La Haine filmmaker was driving along the Autodrome de Montlhéry, a motor racing circuit south of Paris, French news channel CNews and international news agency Afp reported Sunday. Kassovitz’s condition is said to be “worrying.”
Kassovitz was transported to the Kremlin-Bicêtre hospital, a source told the news outlets, after doing a motorcycle course on the circuit, a police source told Afp.
The director originally broke out in the industry in 1995 with La Haine, a French film that follows three men in the 24 hours after a violent riot takes place on the outskirts of Paris. The project, which Kassovitz also stars in and wrote, is regarded as an influential story that portrays racism and police violence in France.
“La Haine” is a French phrase that translates to “Hatred...
- 9/3/2023
- by Christy Piña
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Mathieu Kassovitz’s celebrated story of inequality in a Paris banlieue is a timely rerelease in the Black Lives Matter era
Mathieu Kassovitz’s classic of banlieue rage has been rereleased after 25 years with a new urgency and relevance in the Black Lives Matter era. What comes across now isn’t the “hate” of the title, more the aimless, directionless comedy of three guys hanging around, bantering and squabbling about things such as which cartoon character is the most badass. It is touches like this which make you realise how very 90s it all is, similar to Tarantino and Trainspotting (with a nod to Taxi Driver’s “You talkin’ to me?” scene) but it also has a little something of the French New Wave, the world of Jacques Rivette’s Paris Belongs to Us, all of which influenced the later Americans. It’s a film about which I’ve had fluctuating views.
Mathieu Kassovitz’s classic of banlieue rage has been rereleased after 25 years with a new urgency and relevance in the Black Lives Matter era. What comes across now isn’t the “hate” of the title, more the aimless, directionless comedy of three guys hanging around, bantering and squabbling about things such as which cartoon character is the most badass. It is touches like this which make you realise how very 90s it all is, similar to Tarantino and Trainspotting (with a nod to Taxi Driver’s “You talkin’ to me?” scene) but it also has a little something of the French New Wave, the world of Jacques Rivette’s Paris Belongs to Us, all of which influenced the later Americans. It’s a film about which I’ve had fluctuating views.
- 9/11/2020
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
"Great gun. Check it out." BFI has revealed a new UK trailer for the 4K re-release of the seminal French crime film La Haine, which premiered at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival. "Mathieu Kassovitz's provocative, compelling and landmark drama - newly restored in 4K - returns to UK cinemas from September 11th to mark the film's 25th anniversary, followed by a Limited Edition Blu-ray in November 2020." La Haine (which translates to Hate or The Hate in French) takes viewers on a journey through 24 hours in the lives of three young men in the French suburbs the day after a violent riot. "Beautifully shot in black and white by Pierre Aïm, this mid-1990s landmark remains as fresh and relevant 25 years on from its original release." Starring Vincent Cassel, Hubert Koundé, & Saïd Taghmaoui. This film is worth seeing in the cinema. Here's the new 4K re-release trailer for Mathieu Kassovitz's La Haine,...
- 7/21/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Nearly two months ago, Mathieu Kassovitz’s “La Haine” celebrated the twentieth anniversary of its U.S. release, and you’ll find many who find the film as explosive, timely and important now as it was back then, including Channel Criswell. A shocking, uncompromising sophomore effort for the director, it’s an assured, poised and downright brutal day-in-the-life tale centered on three young men (Vincent Cassel, Hubert Koundé, Saïd Taghmaoui) who, a day after a violent French riot, hit a boiling point due to the social unrest around them. It’s a film that doesn’t categorize itself into a specific genre and one that doesn’t often escape its heavy political discussions, but Criswell does his best to break down the film’s cultural significance and poignancy by examining its structure in his latest video, “La Haine - So Far, So Good…” What impresses Criswell the most about Kassovitz...
- 3/31/2016
- by Will Ashton
- The Playlist
The Eighth Annual Robert Classic French Film Festival — co-produced by Cinema St. Louis and the Webster University Film Series — celebrates St. Louis’ Gallic heritage and France’s cinematic legacy. The featured films span the decades from the 1920s through the early 1990s, offering a comprehensive overview of French cinema.
The fest is annually highlighted by significant restorations, and we’re especially pleased to present Jacques Rivette’s long-unavailable epic Out 1: Spectre Additional restoration highlights include Jean-Luc Godard’s A Married Woman and Max Ophüls’ too-little-seen From Mayerling To Sarajevo. Both Ophüls’ film and Louis Malle’s Elevator To The Gallows – with a jazz score by St. Louis-area native Miles Davis — screen from 35mm prints. All films will screen at Webster University’s Moore Auditorium (47- E. Lockwood)
Music fans will further delight in the Rats & People Motion Picture Orchestra’s accompaniment and original score for Carl Th. Dreyer’s...
The fest is annually highlighted by significant restorations, and we’re especially pleased to present Jacques Rivette’s long-unavailable epic Out 1: Spectre Additional restoration highlights include Jean-Luc Godard’s A Married Woman and Max Ophüls’ too-little-seen From Mayerling To Sarajevo. Both Ophüls’ film and Louis Malle’s Elevator To The Gallows – with a jazz score by St. Louis-area native Miles Davis — screen from 35mm prints. All films will screen at Webster University’s Moore Auditorium (47- E. Lockwood)
Music fans will further delight in the Rats & People Motion Picture Orchestra’s accompaniment and original score for Carl Th. Dreyer’s...
- 2/16/2016
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Twenty years ago today, February 9, Mathieu Kassovitz's "La Haine" opened in select theaters and began its theatrical rollout in America. The film was already an international sensation at this point, having sent shockwaves through the 1995 Cannes Film Festival, where it received a prolong standing ovation and the Best Director prize, but nothing could have prepared domestic audiences for the movie's political and social force that hits like a visceral wrecking ball. Read More: Watch: Vincent Cassel Plays Cult Dad to Adorable Child Assassins in Exclusive 'Partisan' Clip Starring Hubert Koundé, Saïd Taghmaoui and Vincent Cassel (in his breakout performance), "La Haine" is set over 19 consecutive hours in the lives of three young adults living in the impoverished, multi-ethnic French projects. A far cry from the golden City of Love we normally see on the big screen, "La Haine" captures the urban realism of its...
- 2/9/2016
- by Conor Soules
- Indiewire
The Conversation is a feature at PopOptiq bringing together Drew Morton and Landon Palmer in a passionate debate about cinema new and old. For their eleventh piece, they discuss Mathieu Kassovitz’s gritty yet sleek portrait of life on the margins of Paris, La haine (1995).
Landon’S Take
There’s a moment within the first act of Mathieu Kassovitz’s La haine (1995) that finds the film’s central trio – Vinz (Vincent Cassel), Hubert (Hubert Koundé), and Saïd (Saïd Taghmaoui), three young male descendants of immigrants living in the housing projects of outer Paris – confronted by a news crew. In the protests and riots following the brutalization of a friend, Abdel Ichaha (inspired by the real-life killing of Makome M’Bowole while in the custody of Parisian police in 1993), the news crew voyeuristically inquires into the opinions of those who very well may be the first group of “locals” their excursion encounters,...
Landon’S Take
There’s a moment within the first act of Mathieu Kassovitz’s La haine (1995) that finds the film’s central trio – Vinz (Vincent Cassel), Hubert (Hubert Koundé), and Saïd (Saïd Taghmaoui), three young male descendants of immigrants living in the housing projects of outer Paris – confronted by a news crew. In the protests and riots following the brutalization of a friend, Abdel Ichaha (inspired by the real-life killing of Makome M’Bowole while in the custody of Parisian police in 1993), the news crew voyeuristically inquires into the opinions of those who very well may be the first group of “locals” their excursion encounters,...
- 11/11/2015
- by Landon Palmer
- SoundOnSight
The 1990′s introduced the world to Quentin Tarantino, saw the creation of the Nc-17 rating, and began the slow call toward fully computer animated films. It began the slow (still slow) movement toward a more diverse industry, with the first African-American director earning an Oscar nomination (John Singleton for “Boyz in the Hood”). And the year after one of the greatest years in the history of film, 1995 came plodding along, trying to keep up. So, for the first definitive list of 2015, we are going to look back 20 years at a year that, at first glance, doesn’t look so hot. It’s ripe with flops, but it’s also full of debuts, trailblazing beginnings, and better films than it gets credit for. But, the caveat still stands: this is not a “best of” list. In fact, there are a lot of bad movies on this list. But, they are movies that made a cultural impact,...
- 1/31/2015
- by Joshua Gaul
- SoundOnSight
After a mere two months of waiting (for Sky-less fans, at least) to see what fate has befallen their favourite bunch of anti-heroes with badges, Series 2 of Braquo arrives on DVD and Blu-ray.
This second series of the tough-as-nails French cop drama see’s Captain Eddy Caplan (played once again with dishevelled intensity by Jean-Hugues Anglade) and his team in dire circumstances, following their law-breaking escapades from the first season. Having failed to spring gangster Serge Lemoine from prison, things are looking horrendously bleak for the gang.
Thrust in front of a disciplinary board, Caplan is imprisoned on remand and although colleagues Roxanne and Walter escape being booted off the force, their demotions to that of a glorified receptionist and car maintenance man, respectively, hardly makes for a cheery outcome. Live wired coke fiend Theo evades both fates, but he’s discharged from the force like Caplan and begins a downwards spiral,...
This second series of the tough-as-nails French cop drama see’s Captain Eddy Caplan (played once again with dishevelled intensity by Jean-Hugues Anglade) and his team in dire circumstances, following their law-breaking escapades from the first season. Having failed to spring gangster Serge Lemoine from prison, things are looking horrendously bleak for the gang.
Thrust in front of a disciplinary board, Caplan is imprisoned on remand and although colleagues Roxanne and Walter escape being booted off the force, their demotions to that of a glorified receptionist and car maintenance man, respectively, hardly makes for a cheery outcome. Live wired coke fiend Theo evades both fates, but he’s discharged from the force like Caplan and begins a downwards spiral,...
- 6/27/2012
- by Adam Lowes
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
La Haine Directed by Mathieu Kassovitz Written by Mathieu Kassovitz Starring: Vincent Cassel, Hubert Koundé, Saïd Taghmaoui 17 years after its release, I'm just now getting to Mathieu Kassovitz's brilliant 1995 film La Haine. Thanks to a recent Criterion Collection blu ray release, I had the opportunity to watch it for the first time in high definition and the film (and its transfer) did not disappoint. La Haine takes place in and around a French housing project in the aftermath of a medium scale riot. Tensions are high after the brutalization of a neighbourhood teen by overzealous cops, leaving the victim in a coma and the multi-cultural melting pot on the verge of boiling over. Three friends, Vinz (Vincent Cassel), Saïd (Saïd Taghmaoui), and Hubert (Hubert Koundé), attempt to make sense of the violence and struggle to come to terms with their role in this crisis and how they should respond.
- 5/29/2012
- by Jay C.
- FilmJunk
Chicago – With Nato protests about to descend on Chicago, “La Haine” seems to have as much power as it did on its release almost twenty years ago. It is a visceral, draining experience about class struggles, increased diversity in Paris, economic inequality, and unchanneled rage. In other words, it’s a perfect choice for a Criterion Blu-ray upgrade as the Occupy Movement prepares to descend on the Windy City.
Rating: 4.5/5.0
The gorgeously restored high-definition transfer on the Bd of “La Haine” may not seem like it’s that big a deal for a low-budget, black & white film but it adds to the prescience of the piece, making it feel more current than ever. Vincent Cassel proves he had some of the most striking screen charisma right from the very beginning of his career and director Mathieu Kassovitz offers up one of the most striking examinations of what is bubbling just...
Rating: 4.5/5.0
The gorgeously restored high-definition transfer on the Bd of “La Haine” may not seem like it’s that big a deal for a low-budget, black & white film but it adds to the prescience of the piece, making it feel more current than ever. Vincent Cassel proves he had some of the most striking screen charisma right from the very beginning of his career and director Mathieu Kassovitz offers up one of the most striking examinations of what is bubbling just...
- 5/16/2012
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
In 1995, Mathieu Kassovitz’s exceptional debut, La Haine, was a shocking realization of the unjust ghettoizing of immigrants taking place in France, and the violent abuse of power by police forces, but its surprising how relevant the subject remains today, even outside of French borders. Not only does it still carry cultural significance, but the film continues to awe with its striking black and white long takes, and bold encapsulation of what living in the public housing projects is like for people growing up in them. The film places us in the bombed out cities where people burned their own businesses in protest, and graffiti covered neighborhood playgrounds where teens stagnantly talk about nothing all day long. By getting to know the area, and its residents, Kassovitz was able to make an important film, with both political and technical merits that stand side by side with outstanding performances by Vincent Cassel,...
- 5/16/2012
- by Jordan M. Smith
- IONCINEMA.com
In this week's Video Score, a landmark of French filmmaking in the 1990s hits Blu-ray in spectacular Criterion fashion. Plus, movies from this year are already coming out on video! We review the discs for "The Vow" and "Underworld: Awakening." We're breaking down the week's major Blu-ray and DVD releases all for you below!
Pick of the Week
"La Haine" (1995)
Director: Mathieu Kassovitz
Cast: Vincent Cassel, Hubert Kounde, Saïd Taghmaoui
Story:
While to most outsiders Paris seems the very picture of beauty and civility, France has had a long and unfortunate history of intolerance toward outsiders, and this powerful drama from filmmaker Mathieu Kassovitz takes an unblinking look at a racially diverse group of young people trapped in the Parisian economic and social underclass.
On the Disc:
As they are wont to do, Criterion put together an impressive disc with enough featurettes to keep you busy for a long time.
Pick of the Week
"La Haine" (1995)
Director: Mathieu Kassovitz
Cast: Vincent Cassel, Hubert Kounde, Saïd Taghmaoui
Story:
While to most outsiders Paris seems the very picture of beauty and civility, France has had a long and unfortunate history of intolerance toward outsiders, and this powerful drama from filmmaker Mathieu Kassovitz takes an unblinking look at a racially diverse group of young people trapped in the Parisian economic and social underclass.
On the Disc:
As they are wont to do, Criterion put together an impressive disc with enough featurettes to keep you busy for a long time.
- 5/8/2012
- by Kevin P. Sullivan
- MTV Movies Blog
Before we get started here, I thought some of you may be interested in the fact you can buy the four film Coen Brothers' Blu-ray set from Fox for $24.99 right now, which includes Blood Simple, Fargo, Miller's Crossing and Raising Arizona. If you're interested, just click here to pick it up. There's also an interesting ten-film John Wayne DVD collection featured in the "Even More" section of today's post.
Underworld: Awakening I like this film and they sent me the Blu-ray, but I haven't yet had a chance to watch it. All the Underworld films starring Kate Beckinsale I find quite fun. It's big, loud and dumb fun as far as I'm concerned and I don't really know if I make a special exception for this franchise over others, but based on how this one ends I do hope they go forward with one more, but as Underworld: Rise of the Lycans proved,...
Underworld: Awakening I like this film and they sent me the Blu-ray, but I haven't yet had a chance to watch it. All the Underworld films starring Kate Beckinsale I find quite fun. It's big, loud and dumb fun as far as I'm concerned and I don't really know if I make a special exception for this franchise over others, but based on how this one ends I do hope they go forward with one more, but as Underworld: Rise of the Lycans proved,...
- 5/8/2012
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
DVD Playhouse – May 2012
By Allen Gardner
Shame (20th Century Fox) Director Steve McQueen’s harrowing portrait of a Manhattan sex addict (Michael Fassbender, in the year’s most riveting performance) whose psyche goes into overload when his equally-troubled sister (Carey Mulligan) visits unexpectedly. Exquisitely-made on every level, save for the screenplay, which makes its point after about thirty minutes. While it tries hard to be a modern-day Last Tango in Paris, this fatal flaw makes it fall somewhat short. The much- ballyhooed sex scenes and frontal nudity are the least-interesting things about the film, incidentally, which is still a must-see for discriminating adults who seek out challenging material. Also available on Blu-ray disc. Bonuses: Featurettes. Widescreen. Dolby and DTS-hd 5.1 surround.
Being John Malkovich (Criterion) Spike Jonze’s madcap film of Charlie Kaufman’s script, regarding a socially-disenfranchised puppeteer (John Cusack) who finds a portal into the mind of actor...
By Allen Gardner
Shame (20th Century Fox) Director Steve McQueen’s harrowing portrait of a Manhattan sex addict (Michael Fassbender, in the year’s most riveting performance) whose psyche goes into overload when his equally-troubled sister (Carey Mulligan) visits unexpectedly. Exquisitely-made on every level, save for the screenplay, which makes its point after about thirty minutes. While it tries hard to be a modern-day Last Tango in Paris, this fatal flaw makes it fall somewhat short. The much- ballyhooed sex scenes and frontal nudity are the least-interesting things about the film, incidentally, which is still a must-see for discriminating adults who seek out challenging material. Also available on Blu-ray disc. Bonuses: Featurettes. Widescreen. Dolby and DTS-hd 5.1 surround.
Being John Malkovich (Criterion) Spike Jonze’s madcap film of Charlie Kaufman’s script, regarding a socially-disenfranchised puppeteer (John Cusack) who finds a portal into the mind of actor...
- 5/7/2012
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
Blu-ray: May 8, 2012
Price: Blu-ray $39.95
Studio: Criterion
Vincent Cassel aims to be heard in La haine.
Directed by Mathieu Kassovitz (The Crimson Rivers), the 1995 French drama La haine (Hate) is a gritty and unsettling film that looks at racial and cultural volatility in modern-day France, specifically the low-income outskirts of Paris.
Aimlessly passing their days in the concrete environs of their dead-end suburbia, Vinz (Vincent Cassel, Mesrine: Public Enemy #1), Hubert (Hubert Koundé, The Constant Gardener) and Saïd (Saïd Taghmaoui, Three Kings)—white, black, and Arab—give human faces to France’s immigrant and otherwise marginalized populations, their resentment at their situation simmering until it reaches a boiling point.
Shot in silvery black-and-white, the hard-hitting La Haine is tough stuff that reflects its country of origin’s ongoing identity crisis.
A work of tough beauty, La haine is a landmark of contemporary French cinema and a gripping reflection of its country’s ongoing identity crisis.
Price: Blu-ray $39.95
Studio: Criterion
Vincent Cassel aims to be heard in La haine.
Directed by Mathieu Kassovitz (The Crimson Rivers), the 1995 French drama La haine (Hate) is a gritty and unsettling film that looks at racial and cultural volatility in modern-day France, specifically the low-income outskirts of Paris.
Aimlessly passing their days in the concrete environs of their dead-end suburbia, Vinz (Vincent Cassel, Mesrine: Public Enemy #1), Hubert (Hubert Koundé, The Constant Gardener) and Saïd (Saïd Taghmaoui, Three Kings)—white, black, and Arab—give human faces to France’s immigrant and otherwise marginalized populations, their resentment at their situation simmering until it reaches a boiling point.
Shot in silvery black-and-white, the hard-hitting La Haine is tough stuff that reflects its country of origin’s ongoing identity crisis.
A work of tough beauty, La haine is a landmark of contemporary French cinema and a gripping reflection of its country’s ongoing identity crisis.
- 2/27/2012
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
Written and produced by Nikita and The Fifth Element director Luc Besson, the French action film District 13 (Banlieue 13) premiered in 2004 and became an instant global success, primarily due to the spring-loaded parkour stunt work of the film’s two leads, Cyril Raffaelli and David Belle. Now the fleet-footed heroes are back in the adrenalin-packed, heart-stopping sequel, District 13: Ultimatum.
The film picks up where the first installment left off. But not much in the Parisian slum District 13 has changed. It is still a crime-infested enclave of the French capital, pockmarked with bullet holes and adorned with anti-government graffiti. It is a place for cage fighting, gun trade and open air iron pumping. From here contraband and cocaine (packed in watermelons) are trafficked.
When planted drugs are found in his apartment, undercover police captain Damien Tomaso (Raffaelli), who was in line to receive the prestigious Order of...
The film picks up where the first installment left off. But not much in the Parisian slum District 13 has changed. It is still a crime-infested enclave of the French capital, pockmarked with bullet holes and adorned with anti-government graffiti. It is a place for cage fighting, gun trade and open air iron pumping. From here contraband and cocaine (packed in watermelons) are trafficked.
When planted drugs are found in his apartment, undercover police captain Damien Tomaso (Raffaelli), who was in line to receive the prestigious Order of...
- 2/9/2010
- CinemaSpy
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