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AP Week in Pictures: Global

2024-09-20 15:40 Last Updated At:15:52

Sept. 13-19, 2024

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a campaign event. Argentina’s President Javier Milei sings the national anthem and a supermoon rises behind a horse statue in Russia.

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Flags showing support for Republican presidential nominee and former President Donald Trump fly near Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla., Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Sept. 13-19, 2024

Devotees prepare to immerse a giant idol of elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesha in the Arabian Sea, marking the end of the 10-day long Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Devotees prepare to immerse a giant idol of elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesha in the Arabian Sea, marking the end of the 10-day long Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Mexican National Guards march in the Independence Day military parade through the capital's main square, the Zocalo, in Mexico City, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)

Mexican National Guards march in the Independence Day military parade through the capital's main square, the Zocalo, in Mexico City, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)

Geese stand on an outdoor table in a flooded neighbourhood in Ostrava, Czech Republic, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

Geese stand on an outdoor table in a flooded neighbourhood in Ostrava, Czech Republic, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

A view of flooded houses in Jesenik, Czech Republic, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

A view of flooded houses in Jesenik, Czech Republic, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Residents paddle through a flooded street in Bohumin, Czech Republic, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

Residents paddle through a flooded street in Bohumin, Czech Republic, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

Smoke rises from fire in the environmentally protected area of Brasilia National Park during the dry season in Brasilia, Brazil, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. The head of the agency that manages protected areas, Mauro Pires, told the local press that the fire is man-made and appears to have started near the edge of a farm. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Smoke rises from fire in the environmentally protected area of Brasilia National Park during the dry season in Brasilia, Brazil, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. The head of the agency that manages protected areas, Mauro Pires, told the local press that the fire is man-made and appears to have started near the edge of a farm. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

A man wearing traditional clothing performs acrobatics on a horse during Independence Day celebrations in Santiago, Chile, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Basualdo)

A man wearing traditional clothing performs acrobatics on a horse during Independence Day celebrations in Santiago, Chile, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Basualdo)

An effigy of former President Evo Morales burns on a road in Vila Vila, Bolivia, to block Morales supporters who are marching to the capital to protest the government of current President Luis Arce in an escalation of a political dispute between the two politicians, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

An effigy of former President Evo Morales burns on a road in Vila Vila, Bolivia, to block Morales supporters who are marching to the capital to protest the government of current President Luis Arce in an escalation of a political dispute between the two politicians, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

A girl with her family and hunting dogs attends in the traditional Nations' Fair in Vilnius, Lithuania, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)

A girl with her family and hunting dogs attends in the traditional Nations' Fair in Vilnius, Lithuania, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)

Kashmiri Muslim women devotees reacts as they offer prayers as a head priest displays a relic, believed to be a hair from the beard of the Prophet Mohammad, at the Hazratbal shrine on Eid-e-Milad, the birth anniversary of the prophet, in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

Kashmiri Muslim women devotees reacts as they offer prayers as a head priest displays a relic, believed to be a hair from the beard of the Prophet Mohammad, at the Hazratbal shrine on Eid-e-Milad, the birth anniversary of the prophet, in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

People play soccer in Panama City, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

People play soccer in Panama City, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

A Brazilian artist from the Ser Favela group performs on a stage with favela scenery at the Rock in Rio music festival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)

A Brazilian artist from the Ser Favela group performs on a stage with favela scenery at the Rock in Rio music festival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)

A model wears a creation as part of the Roberto Cavalli Spring Summer 2025 collection, that was presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

A model wears a creation as part of the Roberto Cavalli Spring Summer 2025 collection, that was presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Boys play soccer in a park as the sun sets in Milan, Italy, Friday, Sept. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Boys play soccer in a park as the sun sets in Milan, Italy, Friday, Sept. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

A soldier participates in the Independence Day military parade in the Zocalo, Mexico City's main square, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)

A soldier participates in the Independence Day military parade in the Zocalo, Mexico City's main square, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)

A supermoon rises behind a horse statue atop of Triumphal Arc during a partial lunar eclipse in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)

A supermoon rises behind a horse statue atop of Triumphal Arc during a partial lunar eclipse in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)

An artist performs a fire kettle show during the Mid-Autumn Festival at a night market in Beijing, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

An artist performs a fire kettle show during the Mid-Autumn Festival at a night market in Beijing, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

A painting of Jesus is covered in cracks after a Russian bomb hit the dome of an Orthodox church in Novoekonomichne, Ukraine, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

A painting of Jesus is covered in cracks after a Russian bomb hit the dome of an Orthodox church in Novoekonomichne, Ukraine, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Israelis take cover next to a shelter as a siren sounds a warning of incoming rockets fired from Lebanon, in Nahariya, northern Israel, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Baz Ratner)

Israelis take cover next to a shelter as a siren sounds a warning of incoming rockets fired from Lebanon, in Nahariya, northern Israel, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Baz Ratner)

People watch the speech of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah as they sit in a cafe in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

People watch the speech of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah as they sit in a cafe in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Hezbollah members carry the coffin of their comrade who was killed on Wednesday when a handheld device exploded, during a funeral procession in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Hezbollah members carry the coffin of their comrade who was killed on Wednesday when a handheld device exploded, during a funeral procession in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Civil Defense first-responders carry a man who was wounded after his handheld pager exploded, in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo)

Civil Defense first-responders carry a man who was wounded after his handheld pager exploded, in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo)

A police officer inspects a car in which a hand-held pager exploded, in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

A police officer inspects a car in which a hand-held pager exploded, in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Police try to disperse demonstrators blocking a road during a protest calling for the release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip by the Hamas militant group, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Friday, Sept. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Police try to disperse demonstrators blocking a road during a protest calling for the release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip by the Hamas militant group, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Friday, Sept. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

A woman wears a head scarf reading in Arabic, "my Love to Prophet Muhammad", during a parade to celebrate Moulid Al-Nabi, the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad, in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

A woman wears a head scarf reading in Arabic, "my Love to Prophet Muhammad", during a parade to celebrate Moulid Al-Nabi, the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad, in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Argentina's President Javier Milei sings the national anthem as he addresses the Congress to present the 2025 budget in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Argentina's President Javier Milei sings the national anthem as he addresses the Congress to present the 2025 budget in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a campaign event at Nassau Coliseum, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024, in Uniondale, N.Y. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a campaign event at Nassau Coliseum, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024, in Uniondale, N.Y. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

A Brazilian artist performs on a stage, an effigy of former President Evo Morales burns on a road, Mexican National Guard officers march during the Independence Day festivities and devotees prepare to immerse a giant idol of elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesha in India.

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Flags showing support for Republican presidential nominee and former President Donald Trump fly near Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla., Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Flags showing support for Republican presidential nominee and former President Donald Trump fly near Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla., Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Devotees prepare to immerse a giant idol of elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesha in the Arabian Sea, marking the end of the 10-day long Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Devotees prepare to immerse a giant idol of elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesha in the Arabian Sea, marking the end of the 10-day long Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Mexican National Guards march in the Independence Day military parade through the capital's main square, the Zocalo, in Mexico City, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)

Mexican National Guards march in the Independence Day military parade through the capital's main square, the Zocalo, in Mexico City, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)

Geese stand on an outdoor table in a flooded neighbourhood in Ostrava, Czech Republic, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

Geese stand on an outdoor table in a flooded neighbourhood in Ostrava, Czech Republic, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

A view of flooded houses in Jesenik, Czech Republic, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

A view of flooded houses in Jesenik, Czech Republic, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Residents paddle through a flooded street in Bohumin, Czech Republic, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

Residents paddle through a flooded street in Bohumin, Czech Republic, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

Smoke rises from fire in the environmentally protected area of Brasilia National Park during the dry season in Brasilia, Brazil, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. The head of the agency that manages protected areas, Mauro Pires, told the local press that the fire is man-made and appears to have started near the edge of a farm. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Smoke rises from fire in the environmentally protected area of Brasilia National Park during the dry season in Brasilia, Brazil, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. The head of the agency that manages protected areas, Mauro Pires, told the local press that the fire is man-made and appears to have started near the edge of a farm. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

A man wearing traditional clothing performs acrobatics on a horse during Independence Day celebrations in Santiago, Chile, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Basualdo)

A man wearing traditional clothing performs acrobatics on a horse during Independence Day celebrations in Santiago, Chile, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Basualdo)

An effigy of former President Evo Morales burns on a road in Vila Vila, Bolivia, to block Morales supporters who are marching to the capital to protest the government of current President Luis Arce in an escalation of a political dispute between the two politicians, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

An effigy of former President Evo Morales burns on a road in Vila Vila, Bolivia, to block Morales supporters who are marching to the capital to protest the government of current President Luis Arce in an escalation of a political dispute between the two politicians, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

A girl with her family and hunting dogs attends in the traditional Nations' Fair in Vilnius, Lithuania, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)

A girl with her family and hunting dogs attends in the traditional Nations' Fair in Vilnius, Lithuania, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)

Kashmiri Muslim women devotees reacts as they offer prayers as a head priest displays a relic, believed to be a hair from the beard of the Prophet Mohammad, at the Hazratbal shrine on Eid-e-Milad, the birth anniversary of the prophet, in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

Kashmiri Muslim women devotees reacts as they offer prayers as a head priest displays a relic, believed to be a hair from the beard of the Prophet Mohammad, at the Hazratbal shrine on Eid-e-Milad, the birth anniversary of the prophet, in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

People play soccer in Panama City, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

People play soccer in Panama City, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

A Brazilian artist from the Ser Favela group performs on a stage with favela scenery at the Rock in Rio music festival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)

A Brazilian artist from the Ser Favela group performs on a stage with favela scenery at the Rock in Rio music festival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)

A model wears a creation as part of the Roberto Cavalli Spring Summer 2025 collection, that was presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

A model wears a creation as part of the Roberto Cavalli Spring Summer 2025 collection, that was presented in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Boys play soccer in a park as the sun sets in Milan, Italy, Friday, Sept. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Boys play soccer in a park as the sun sets in Milan, Italy, Friday, Sept. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

A soldier participates in the Independence Day military parade in the Zocalo, Mexico City's main square, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)

A soldier participates in the Independence Day military parade in the Zocalo, Mexico City's main square, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)

A supermoon rises behind a horse statue atop of Triumphal Arc during a partial lunar eclipse in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)

A supermoon rises behind a horse statue atop of Triumphal Arc during a partial lunar eclipse in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)

An artist performs a fire kettle show during the Mid-Autumn Festival at a night market in Beijing, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

An artist performs a fire kettle show during the Mid-Autumn Festival at a night market in Beijing, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

A painting of Jesus is covered in cracks after a Russian bomb hit the dome of an Orthodox church in Novoekonomichne, Ukraine, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

A painting of Jesus is covered in cracks after a Russian bomb hit the dome of an Orthodox church in Novoekonomichne, Ukraine, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Israelis take cover next to a shelter as a siren sounds a warning of incoming rockets fired from Lebanon, in Nahariya, northern Israel, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Baz Ratner)

Israelis take cover next to a shelter as a siren sounds a warning of incoming rockets fired from Lebanon, in Nahariya, northern Israel, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Baz Ratner)

People watch the speech of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah as they sit in a cafe in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

People watch the speech of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah as they sit in a cafe in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Hezbollah members carry the coffin of their comrade who was killed on Wednesday when a handheld device exploded, during a funeral procession in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Hezbollah members carry the coffin of their comrade who was killed on Wednesday when a handheld device exploded, during a funeral procession in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Civil Defense first-responders carry a man who was wounded after his handheld pager exploded, in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo)

Civil Defense first-responders carry a man who was wounded after his handheld pager exploded, in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo)

A police officer inspects a car in which a hand-held pager exploded, in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

A police officer inspects a car in which a hand-held pager exploded, in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Police try to disperse demonstrators blocking a road during a protest calling for the release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip by the Hamas militant group, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Friday, Sept. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Police try to disperse demonstrators blocking a road during a protest calling for the release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip by the Hamas militant group, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Friday, Sept. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

A woman wears a head scarf reading in Arabic, "my Love to Prophet Muhammad", during a parade to celebrate Moulid Al-Nabi, the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad, in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

A woman wears a head scarf reading in Arabic, "my Love to Prophet Muhammad", during a parade to celebrate Moulid Al-Nabi, the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad, in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Argentina's President Javier Milei sings the national anthem as he addresses the Congress to present the 2025 budget in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Argentina's President Javier Milei sings the national anthem as he addresses the Congress to present the 2025 budget in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a campaign event at Nassau Coliseum, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024, in Uniondale, N.Y. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a campaign event at Nassau Coliseum, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024, in Uniondale, N.Y. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Watching “La Haine” nearly 30 years ago, there was a sense of something inexorable about violence in the French suburbs.

French director Mathieu Kassovitz’s critically acclaimed black-and-white film opens with video images of news footage of urban riots. The film then follows three friends — Hubert, Vinz and Saïd — over the course of 24 hours in a world of police brutality. It ends with the killing of one of the young men by a police officer.

A confrontation ensues, followed by a voice-over: ‘‘It’s about a society in free fall." A gunshot is heard, leaving little doubt as to the dramatic outcome, with more blood spilled.

The film served as a revelation about the grim reality of life in what the French call the “banlieue” — the deprived suburbs with housing projects — and took the 1995 Cannes Film Festival by storm. Kassovitz won the best director award, and “La Haine” achieved cult status in France and around the world.

Nearly three decades later, it’s still hailed as the reference film on housing projects in crisis. Kassovitz and theater director Serge Denoncourt are giving it new life, turning it into a stage musical that opens in October.

The title remains the same — “La Haine,” which translates as “hate,” but adds a subtitle: “So far, nothing has changed.”

“Two days after we announced the show (last year), we were very hyped,” Kassovitz said. ”We were very happy to say: ’OK, we’re going to officially announce it and it’s going to be a beautiful show and it’s going to be a beautiful party and everything. Two days later, we saw the video of Nahel, you know, the kid who got shot by policemen.”

Kassovitz was referring to Nahel Merzouk, a 17-year-old delivery driver who was fatally shot by a police officer in June 2023, sparking riots across the country and unleashing anger over police violence, poverty and discrimination against people with immigrant backgrounds. Merzouk was of North African origin.

“Yes, we know why we are doing this,” Kassovitz said. “It’s for him. It’s for all the victims that suffered that kind of violence after so many years.”

Despite shooting “La Haine” in black and white, Kassovitz tries to avoid overly simplistic conclusions about the roots of violence.

“We are trying to solve the questions that the movie raised,” he said. "We cannot point fingers all the time. Maybe now it’s time to have solutions. And we think that the solution is love. So, that’s what the show is. It's how to stop hating and start loving.”

To find the trio of actors who would carry this message of love through the musical, Kassovitz and his team traveled across France for months. The director believes that Aliyou Diop, Samy Belkessa and Alexander Ferrario are the right choices to recreate the chemistry from the film.

For all its darkness, the movie already had a dose of good feeling. It's filled with dozens of funny punch lines and jokes that only reinforce the bond and love between the three main protagonists as they venture into the heart of Paris.

“There’s a lot of love in the hood, too” said Diop, who comes from a working-class neighborhood in the port city of Le Havre. “Otherwise we’d all be shooting at each other. In the movie you see three buddies living in a complicated context, and you forget the context as you watch the film. They manage to make us forget that. That’s why I like them so much. They laugh, they laugh in their misery.”

When Kassovitz made his film, French suburban culture was still largely underground. The local rap music scene had already emerged, but the local mainstream media tended to portray the youth from the housing projects in an unflattering and largely fear-based light.

Kassovitz said that he's pleased that some of the stereotypes have been broken and that suburban youth are now getting a chance to make their way to the top of the charts, like French-Malian pop star Aya Nakamura, who sang at the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics.

For Kassovitz, the difference between the film and the show is that there is no need to warn people that this is about kids from the projects. "Thirty years ago nobody knew them, so we had to make a movie to introduce them to the French culture,” he said.

Diop, who plays Hubert in the musical and is also a rap artist, impressed the casting team with his stage presence. An essential asset in a musical show that combines dance, cinema, rap, theater and live performance, which Denoncourt hopes will be groundbreaking.

“We’re trying to put things together in an artistic way, but not too, too cute. We like the raw material that we have with the breakdancing, with the rap,” he said. "The show is pretty raw.”

Actors perform during a rehearsal of La Haine musical show, in Tremblay en France, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Actors perform during a rehearsal of La Haine musical show, in Tremblay en France, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Actors perform during a rehearsal of La Haine musical show, in Tremblay en France, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Actors perform during a rehearsal of La Haine musical show, in Tremblay en France, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Actors perform during a rehearsal of La Haine musical show, in Tremblay en France, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Actors perform during a rehearsal of La Haine musical show, in Tremblay en France, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Actors Aliyou Diop, left, Samy Belkessa center, and Alexander Ferrario pose in Tremblay en France,Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Actors Aliyou Diop, left, Samy Belkessa center, and Alexander Ferrario pose in Tremblay en France,Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Actors perform during a rehearsal of La Haine musical show, in Tremblay en France, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Actors perform during a rehearsal of La Haine musical show, in Tremblay en France, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Actors perform during a rehearsal of La Haine musical show, in Tremblay en France, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Actors perform during a rehearsal of La Haine musical show, in Tremblay en France, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Actors perform during a rehearsal of La Haine musical show, in Tremblay en France, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Actors perform during a rehearsal of La Haine musical show, in Tremblay en France, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Mathieu Kassovitz speaks during an interview with Associated Press, in Tremblay-en-France, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Mathieu Kassovitz speaks during an interview with Associated Press, in Tremblay-en-France, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Mathieu Kassovitz speaks during an interview with Associated Press, in Tremblay-en-France, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Mathieu Kassovitz speaks during an interview with Associated Press, in Tremblay-en-France, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Mathieu Kassovitz speaks during an interview with Associated Press, in Tremblay-en-France, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Mathieu Kassovitz speaks during an interview with Associated Press, in Tremblay-en-France, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

HOLD TO GO WITH ENT LA HAINE MUSICAL Kassovitz poses after an interview with Associated Press, in Tremblay-en-France, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

HOLD TO GO WITH ENT LA HAINE MUSICAL Kassovitz poses after an interview with Associated Press, in Tremblay-en-France, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Mathieu Kassovitz poses after an interview with Associated Press, in Tremblay-en-France, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Mathieu Kassovitz poses after an interview with Associated Press, in Tremblay-en-France, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Mathieu Kassovitz poses after an interview with Associated Press, in Tremblay-en-France, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Mathieu Kassovitz poses after an interview with Associated Press, in Tremblay-en-France, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

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