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A Balasaur Score of 85 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 8.1/10, Rotten Tomatoes 96%. Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 98% of the 1,962 1990s drama movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
After a chaotic night of rioting in a marginal suburb of Paris, three young friends, Vinz, Hubert and Saïd, wander around unoccupied waiting for news about the state of health of a mutual friend who has been seriously injured when confronting the police.
Ratings
IMDb8.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes96%
Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do.
4,711 audience votes
Key crew
- Mathieu KassovitzDirector
- Mathieu KassovitzScreenplay
Cast
- Vincent CasselVinz
- Hubert KoundéHubert
- Saïd TaghmaouiSaïd
- Abdel Ahmed GhiliAbdel
- SoloSanto
- Joseph MomoOrdinary Man
- Héloïse RauthSarah
- Rywka WajsbrotVinz's Grandmother
- Olga AbregoVinz's Aunt
- Laurent LabasseCook
- Choukri GabteniSaïd's Brother
- Nabil Ben MhamedJoking Boy
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Themes
police brutalityhip-hopparis, francesocially deprived familybreakdanceghettomale friendshipstreet riotsracismblack and whiterebellious youthxenophobia
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