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A Prophet, or Un Prophete, is an unconventional French film that combines prison drama with the Goodfellas-styled narrative of the rise to criminal power. Shot by the inimitable French director Jacques Audiard, A Prophet is a future classic from the get-go, taking age-old cliches and turning them on their heads.
- Adel Bencherif
- Jacques Audiard
Featuring an impressive star turn by newcomer Tahar Rahim, A Prophet is a French gangster film filled with arresting, immediate details. Read Critics Reviews. TOP CRITIC. Usually, I don't much ...
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- Jacques Audiard
- R
- Tahar Rahim
Poo-Review Ratings. Nominated for an Oscar, winner of a BAFTA, A Prophet tells the story of young Malik El Djebena (Tahar Rehim), jailed for six years, and the amount of growing up he has to do in that time. With an Arabic name, but French allegiance, Malik is alone once inside.
- Jacques Audiard
- R
- Adel Bencherif
The acting is great; the story is very realistic; but this film is overrated in IMDb. The title "A Prophet" is never clear and the director Jacques Audiard uses the surrealistic vision of Reyeb to give the status of cult to this film that is in the end, a good movie about prison. My vote is seven.
A Prophet is not a fabulous film, but it is well worth seeing. Although it is 2 hours 29 minutes long and its story is not surprising, it is always riveting. Full Review | Jan 13, 2018
Mar 3, 2010 · “A Prophet” becomes a young man’s bleak, remorseless coming of age story. The best performance in the film is by Arestrup as Cesar. You may remember him from Audiard’s “ The Beat That My Heart Skipped ” (2005), where he played a seedy but confident father who psychically overshadows his son.
A Prophet (French: Un prophète) is a 2009 French prison crime film directed by Jacques Audiard with a screenplay by Audiard, Thomas Bidegain, Abdel Raouf Dafri and Nicolas Peufaillit, from a story by Dafri.
