Examine strategies adopted by the directors studied on the course to depict marginality in modern French society.
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Examine strategies adopted by the directors studied on the course to depict marginality in modern French society. Marginality within a society speaks of something or someone that is not important which results in them being excluded from society and leaves them feeling alienated. 'La Haine' and 'Sans toit ni loi' are two films developed around the period of 'la fracture sociale', the former centred on the community in particular and the later centred primarily on the individual. The 1980's saw the rise of civil unrest in inner cities, which similarly led to a rise in unemployment and educational problems. There was also the perceived threat of national identity, and at the same time worries about Muslim integration had commenced. It was at around this time that there was the 'affaire du foulard,' a very controversial period as the French republic separates the church and the state. The difficulty of integration...

