Three friends spend 24 hours wandering Paris after a riot, counting down toward an ending the film tells you is coming from its opening minutes. Mathieu Kassovitz shot it in black and white and won Best Director at Cannes, a prize for a film the French police publicly condemned, who protested by turning their backs on the crew and cast as they walked into the festival. “One of the most blisteringly effective pieces of urban cinema ever made.” -Wendy Ide at The Times.