''Love + Hate'' is a 2005 British
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...
directed by
Dominic Savage
Dominic Savage (born 23 November 1962) is a British BAFTA award-winning director, writer, and actor.
Originally a child actor — making several television appearances and featuring in Stanley Kubrick's '' Barry Lyndon'' (1975) — ...
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Plot
''Love + Hate'' is a modern love story set across the racial divide in a town in northern England. Adam has been brought up in a home and community that fosters
racism
Racism is the belief that groups of humans possess different behavioral traits corresponding to inherited attributes and can be divided based on the superiority of one race over another. It may also mean prejudice, discrimination, or antagonis ...
. Naseema is a girl from the same town. But what Adam and Naseema really share is a secret desire to break free of their small town and its inhibitions, something they discover while working together in a
DIY
"Do it yourself" ("DIY") is the method of building, modifying, or repairing things by oneself without the direct aid of professionals or certified experts. Academic research has described DIY as behaviors where "individuals use raw and sem ...
store. At first resistant, they cannot avoid their mutual attraction, and embark on a relationship which threatens to bring down their families as well as themselves.
Location
''Love + Hate'' was filmed in
Blackburn
Blackburn () is an industrial town and the administrative centre of the Blackburn with Darwen borough in Lancashire, England. The town is north of the West Pennine Moors on the southern edge of the Ribble Valley, east of Preston and north-n ...
and partially set in a wallpaper shop in the town.
Cast
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Miriam Ali – Naseema's mother
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Dean Andrews
Dean Andrews (born 6 August 1963) is an English actor. He is known for his role as DS Ray Carling in the BBC drama series ''Life on Mars''. He continued the role in the sequel series, '' Ashes to Ashes'', until 2010. As of April 2019, he ha ...
– Derek
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Samina Awan – Naseema
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Liam Barr – Sean's friend
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Liam Boyle – Steve
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Nichola Burley
Nichola Ann Burley (born 26 December 1986) is an English actress. She is best known for her roles in '' Born Equal'', '' Drop Dead Gorgeous'', '' Goldplated'', '' Death Comes to Pemberley'', '' Donkey Punch'' and '' StreetDance 3D''.Conway, Sean ...
– Michelle
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Tom Hudson – Adam
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Ryan Leslie
Anthony Ryan Leslie (born September 25, 1978) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and entrepreneur from Washington, D.C. He has produced singles for a number of prominent artists in a variety of genres, ranging from R&B, hip hop ...
– Sean
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Michael McNulty
Michael Robert McNulty (born September 16, 1947) is a retired American politician from the U.S. state of New York. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1989 to 2009 representing New York's Capital District and was chair ...
– Shane
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Peter O'Connor – Pete
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Mohammed Rafique – Naseema's father
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Wasim Zakir – Yousif (as Was Zakir)
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Aliya Bhatti – Azara
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Tracy Brabin
Tracy Lynn Brabin (born 9 May 1961) is a British politician who has served as the first Mayor of West Yorkshire since the office was established on 10 May 2021. She previously was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Batley and Spen from 2016 to 20 ...
– Gaynor
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Katy Sharples – Roxanne
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Umar Ali
ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb ( ar, عمر بن الخطاب, also spelled Omar, ) was the second Rashidun caliph, ruling from August 634 until his assassination in 644. He succeeded Abu Bakr () as the second caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate ...
– Umar
*Stephen Swan – Lifeguard
Soundtrack
*Perfect little secret,
Snow Patrol.
*Run,
Snow Patrol.
*Play,
Stephen Fretwell.
*Sweet Fantastic,
Ian Brown.
*Sunshine,
Keane.
References
External links
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2005 films
BBC Film films
British romantic drama films
2005 romantic drama films
2000s English-language films
Films about interracial romance
Films scored by Rupert Gregson-Williams
2000s British films
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