Love + Hate
2005
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 |
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| 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 | |
| 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
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.
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5 out of 5 people found this review helpful
Very good
I wasn't planning to see this film as I had never heard of it, but as I work in a cinema I was curious as to what it was about and saw it.
I thought that it was a very good film, with a well portrayed message of how racism affects the community in a small Northern town, and how the few main characters involved manage to go against the odds and begin inter-racial relationships. The main characters are all interesting to watch- one is a bonified chav who enjoys going out late at night and picking up men even though she's barely done her GCSE's, and another is a shy asian girl who is shunned in most social situations..and these girls actually become friends.
My favourite part was the ending (which I won't give away) but with a Snow Patrol song playing over a lovely montage of all the loose ends being tied up to finish the film, it was quite emotional and well done.
The film has been compared to the American 'Crash', but when seeing Crash after this film, I thought Love + Hate was better. Even if you haven't heard of it and you loved 'Crash', give it a go. -
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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, ... -