To what extent are the characters in the Urban Stories you have viewed victims of a more dominant social and political ideology?
One of the films that I have studied in this topic is La Haine (1995), directed by Mathieu Kassovitz, a French cultural film which points fingers at problems which cultural policies and social issues that revolve around Paris and '"La Banlieu's" or "Projects" - areas of housing built by the government to attract foreign migrants from ex colonies of France, this was called "Assimilation". Social Realism is a theme that runs throughout La Haine, by revealing how divided Paris actually is despite the 'camouflage'
I have also studied Princesas (2005), by Spanish director Fernando Leon de Aranoa, and City of God (2002), directed by Fernando Meirelles.
All of these Urban films are situated in the 'underbelly' of the cities, the slums - In La Haine it's the La Banlieu's, in City of God it's the Cidade de Deus, and in Princesas it's the suburb of Madrid. This dictates what the community in the area is almost 'forced' to do, they cannot get out of the area which leads to their inevitable death. This results characters being forced into situations which are shown as being wrong in society - which is backed up by the common recurring theme of the directors using the camera in a way in which makes the movie feel like a documentary, or news report.
In La Haine, we're
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