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“It’s a film about police blunders that came to me following Makomé’s death in 1993”. The story of Makomé M’Bowolé is that of a 17-year-old minor murdered by a policeman. A drama at the origin of the cult film ‘La Haine’.
In 1993, several police blunders were committed, including the assassination of Makomé M’Bowolé following an altercation with a policeman. Dramas that inspired Mathieu Kassovitz to make ‘La Haine’.
“Under no circumstances was he allowed to use his weapon while in police custody”some media of the time commented on the policeman.
On April 6, 1993, Makomé, a minor arrested for stealing cigarettes, was killed while in custody at a police station in the 18th arrondissement of Paris.
The author of the facts, the police officer Pascal Compain, will scoop a few years later from a criminal imprisonment of 8 years.
“I would have loved that no one remembered the film anymore and that today there were no more police blunders. But unfortunately, society does not work like that.”
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