He has seen the violence and the happenings around him for all his life, and his emotions are much stronger in wanting to do more rather that sit and take in the unfortunate circumstances. Racial profiling is not an issue for him and he is able to slip in and out of places easier than Hubert or Saïd, but there is more going on in his mind being a somewhat "outsider" to the rest of the minorities in the banlieue. Vince may be the one with the least amount of trouble, as he is the white kid.
The three characters of "La Haine" serve essential purposes to each other in the story and are one of the most memorable trios in cinema. With a few short films and one feature romantic comedy "Métisse" under his belt, "La Haine" was a huge shift for Kassovitz with ambition and willpower to make a film that was as timely as it would be timeless. Young actor and filmmaker Mathieu Kassovitz started writing a script immediately in response to the incident, leading to "La Haine", about three young men from a poor housing project. This was not the first time that such an incident occurred, as the rioting was an emotional outcry from an accumulation of years of police brutality that hadn't gone unnoticed by the public. Though the police stated it was an accident, Parisians thought enough was enough and took to the streets against the police. On Apin Paris, France, Makome M’Bowole, a young kid from Zaire was shot and killed while he was in police custody. But during one 24-hour period, their seemingly inconsequential lives as young urban kids are moving toward a darker path. The three may have differing backgrounds in race, religion, and personalities, but they've been close friends for many years growing up together, and their hatred against the police and the social systems that surrounds them are one and the same.
Saïd (played by Saïd Taghmaoui) is an indecisive Arab that is at times a mediator between Vinz and Hubert. Hubert (played by Hubert Koundé) is a North African who wants to get out of the ghetto life he has been stuck in. Vinz (played by Vincent Cassel) is an angry Jew hellbent on vengeance, willing to kill a cop if anything worse happens. Following a night of riots after a police beating of a young Arab boy Abdel, three neighborhood friends react with differing reflections.
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