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2005 Certificate 15
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  • 60
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Love + Hate is a modern love story set across the racial divide in a Northern town. Adam has been brought up in a home and community that fosters racial hatred. Naseema is a girl from the same town, belonging to a new generation of Asian youth who have taken up the violence offered to them as a way of reclaiming the past. But .. Read more

Starring Samina Awan, Tom Hudson, Nichola Burley, Wasim Zakir
Director Dominic Savage
Genres Drama

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Love + Hate

Love + Hate is a modern love story set across the racial divide in a Northern town. Adam has been brought up in a home and community that fosters racial hatred. Naseema is a girl from the same town, belonging to a new generation of Asian youth who have taken up the violence offered to them as a way of reclaiming the past. But what Adam and Naseema really share is a secret desire to break free of their small town and its inhibitions, something they discover while working together in a DIY store. At first resistant, they cannot avoid their mutual attraction, and embark on a relationship which threatens to bring down their families as well as themselves.

Starring Samina Awan, Tom Hudson, Nichola Burley, Wasim Zakir
Director Dominic Savage
Studio VERVE PRODUCTIONS
Certificate Certificate 15
Genres Drama
Language DVD: English
Released DVD: 25 Sep 2006
Production year: 2005
Format DVD
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  • After an early screening of this quick-paced, cleverly devised and youthful new film about love and racism in the... read more on Time Out

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  • 10 out of 10 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 4 stars

    Another great British film

    Saw this on a plane a few weeks ago. Typical down to earth British film exploring racism in a northern town - not in a particularly deep way. Its well acted with the young actors bringing life and believability to the characters. I wasn't intending on watching it, but once started it turned out to be well worth it.

      • Neil from Derby
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  • 2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 3 stars

    Love to hate up north ..

    Well acted, but ultimately totally unrealistic take on mixed-relationships ..

    This isn't how racism is in todays society (who cares these days if a white guy goes out with an asian girl?!) and the way young white girls are shown as almost being on the game at such an early age is almost laughable!

      • Paul Jay from London, England
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    • Love + Hate is a modern love story set across the racial divide in a Northern town. Adam has been brought up in a home and community that fosters racial hatred. Naseema is a girl from the same town, ...