Faites Ce Qu'il Faut (1995)
Kassovitz doesn’t merely borrow the look of American street films; he makes something singular. From scene to scene he lenses and frames his figures so that they stand out against their stark surroundings, interior or exterior. The look of the movie is critical because the film’s narrative is full of drift and dead ends: endless profanity-laced dialogues that sound like Tarantino without the wit, anecdotes that lead nowhere, and plans that go astray. Throughout all these instances, the camera moves like a fourth character, placing us alongside this threesome, so that their juvenile blathering achieves a kind of intimacy, inviting and accepting us in their stand against the world.
— Kevin B. Lee (Reverse Shot)
Synopsis: After a chaotic night of rioting in a marginal suburb of Paris, three young friends, Vinz, Hubert and Saïd, wander around unoccupied waiting for news about the state of health of a mutual friend who has been seriously injured when confronting the police.