La Haine: End Scene

Question 1

Vince threatening the men with the gun

Answer 1

He doesn’t have the guts to actually go through with it and harm them

• a weak boy inside a hard outer-shell

Question 2

APPEARANCE VS. REALITY

Answer 2

Vince pretends like he can actually shoot a man when in reality he can’t

Question 3

Cinematography when Vince is threatening skin-head:

Answer 3

Low angle shot meaning that Vince is physically in power but physiologically isn’t

Question 4

Hubert encouraging Vince to shoot

Answer 4

You see the gun in the foreground and Hubert’s hand on Vince’s shoulder

Hubert is the devil in Vince’s shoulder egging him on

Question 5

Vince threatening skin-head: sounds

Answer 5

Something is rattling away causing tension

• builds the suspense

Question 6

Vince giving Hubert the gun

Answer 6

Vince gives away the only power he has to Hubert and ends up being killed bc he is powerless

• Vince dies bc he had no power bc he didn’t have the gun anymore

Question 7

GUN

Answer 7

SYMBOLISES POWER

Question 8

Racial image:

Answer 8

Ironic bc normally the black man is seen to be bad but in actual fact it’s the white policeman causing the trouble and killing innocent people

Question 9

Cliff-hanger ending

Answer 9

• ambiguous ending

- a sense of mystery

Question 10

The Gun

Answer 10

Vince THINKS it symbolises power

The GUN has POWER
but Vince DOESN’T