it was a follow-up about la hain. _ as saying it. it was a follow-up about la hain. it was- as saying it. it was a follow-up about la hain. it was a - as saying it. it was a follow-up about la hain. it was a step i as saying it. it was a follow-up| about la hain. it was a step up. it's a part of me, what i am is a citizen and of course, if i can put it in my, you know, making movies, it's come located enough so, if you can make it, you know, important just for you as so you can, it fills you with... you know, you need to feel yourself and you need to find products that are meaningful. teh products that are meaningful. ten ears after products that are meaningful. ten years after hate, towns and cities around france as well, consequently we had the events in england a few years after that. for nearly three weeks you laid the blame at the door of the politicians, i think you were quoted from your website that can 2005 saying as much as i'd like to distance myself from politics, it's difficult to remain distant in the face of deprivations of politicians and when these de

it is three decades since you made la haine — hate.e you would love to believe that that film is like a museum piece. like its no longer relevant. but does it feel that way to you? no. i would love to... ..to think the opposite. i would love to think that each of my movies are relevant forever and will be remembered forever... but i guess what i meant was, wouldn't it be great if some of the issues... were not... yes. ..you had exposed were no longer issues? the problem is that i make political movies. and i did a movie like ten years ago, 15 years ago that's back on the news today because we have a revolt in new caledonia. that's a film called rebellion. rebellion, yeah. so, you know, that's, when you do political movies, either you're totally wrong and you're not relevant or you're right and nobody�*s listening. so, so that's, erm, that's... that was the case with rebellion, that was the case with la haine. but here we sit talking in paris. you live in paris. does it feel like paris still has a profound problem with, for example, pol

it is three decades since you made la haine — hate.

director and actor mathieu kassovitz, addressed all of those issues in his ground—breaking film la hainetill disfigured by hate? mathieu kassovitz, welcome to hardtalk.

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