characters

Question 1

vinz

Answer 1

jewish
lives w/ grandmother, mum, sister
agressive - physical + verbal
show et temper
impolite, vulgar
wants to appear as gangster
thinks gun will make him look big - “avec un truc comme ça t’es le boss dans la cité”
arrogant

Question 2

saïd

Answer 2

reps arab community
joker of group
comic relief
middle man between v+h
not much known about family
nordine - older brother
has sister
strict family

Question 3

hubert

Answer 3

black african origin
lives w/ mum + sister
wants to leave banlieue - mum doesn’t think he’ll be able to
calm + collected - can get aggressive when necessary
tries to reason w/ v about gun
deals drugs to make money for family
arrested before

Question 4

le trio

Answer 4

each rep ethnic minority - unrealistic?
friendship created to rep life on typical estate
universal rep - allows every1 to identify w/ film

Question 5

nordine - saïd older brother

Answer 5

only appears in roof scene
only person w/ respect from youths
recurring them w/ authority/respect
hierarchy in cite based on age
has pride in himself
looks out for saïd + disciplines him

Question 6

samir - good policeman

Answer 6

police from cite
helps trio
drives+h to station when s arrested
looks out for banlieusards- was one of them
tries to talk sense into v in car
appears as role model - found good job + earned respect
1 of 2 positive police reps
v doesn’t respect:
- doesn’t shake hand
- doesn’t listen in car

Question 7

abdel

Answer 7

banlieusard injured in riots
never appears onscreen
rep of gravity of baveuses
adds tragic element to film - shows outcome of riots aren’t significant
knock on effects:
- v wants to kill a police
- h encourages v to shoot skinhead ~ “allez, fais le pour abdel”
- announcement of death pushed v’s violence in final scenes

Question 8

notre dame

Answer 8

plain clothes officer
first seen on roof
actions in final scene show kassovitz point
- accidental deaths + police baveuses

Question 9

journalists + habitants

Answer 9

j shows relationships between media + cite
“on n’est pas à thoiry ici” - thoiry zoo
- trio are animals at zoo, journalists + media looking at them

inhabitants show collateral damage + social problems in cite
- dartys car
- someone’s window

Question 10

fem characters

Answer 10

v family:
- mum
- grand mum
- sister
h family:
- mum
- sister
s family:
- sister

shown as stereotypical women
at home doing chores - h mum sewing + cooking
brotherly love for/protection of sisters
s doesn’t respect women out of family
- talks about women as sexual objects + treats disrespectfully ~ gallery