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Name: A Prophet (Un prophète)
Released: 2010-2-26
Cast: Tahar Rahim, Niels Arestrup, Adel Bencherif, Hichem Yacoubi, Reda Kateb

A Prophet (Un prophète)

R
2h 35m
2010

96%

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Condemned to six years in prison, Malik El Djebena, part Arab, part Corsican, cannot read or write. Arriving at the jail entirely alone, he appears younger and more fragile than the other convicts. He is 19 years old. Cornered by the leader of the Corsican gang currently ruling the prison, he is given a number of “missions” to carry out, toughening him up and gaining the gang leader’s confidence in the process. Malik is a fast learner and rises up the prison ranks, all the while secretly devising his own plans…

Director:

Jacques Audiard

Producer:

Martine Cassinelli, Pascal Caucheteux, Marco Cherqui, Alix Raynaud

Writer:

Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain, Abdel Raouf Dafri, Nicolas Peufaillit

Cast:

Tahar Rahim, Niels Arestrup, Adel Bencherif, Hichem Yacoubi, Reda Kateb, Gilles Cohen

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

96%

Critics Consensus: Featuring an impressive star turn by newcomer Tahar Rahim, A Prophet is a French gangster film filled with arresting, immediate details.

Reviews

El Nuevo Herald (Miami)

Rene Jordan

A Prophet is not casual entertainment, you have to ready yourself to bear it… overwhelming and at time almost mystical. [Full review in Spanish]

An incisive crime saga told within the confines of concrete walls and deprived humanity.

For an intense, gripping two-and-a-half hours, not a minute is gratuitous as every scene contributes details significant to a power shift of brutal proportions.

The film's top dog, though, has to be Audiard, who directs with complete control, effortlessly fusing beady-eyed social realism, savage action and hallucinatory fantasy to create a searing crime movie masterpiece.

November 28, 2020

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TheIndependentCritic.com

Richard Propes

One of the finest prison sagas in recent years.

September 20, 2020

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