It’s reductive to call it the French Do the Right Thing, but not inaccurate. Vincent Cassel, Saȉd Taghmaoui, and Hubert Koundé star as three young men living in a Parisian slum in the wake of an uprising. A friend lying near death after a beating by police and a cop’s lost gun complicate matters. Director Mathieu Kassovitz’s silky black and white photography adds starkness without gloss. -Lee Gardner

1995 Mathieu Kassovitz 1.85:1 B&W DCP 98 min. In French with subtitles.