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An impressionable and vulnerable Arab man gets thrust into a hellish prison, and ironically discovers greater opportunities for success than he ever possessed outside of the bars, in this violent melodrama from emerging French master filmmaker Jacques Audiard (THE BEAT THAT MY HEART SKIPPED).

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Film/TV TitleA Prophet

ActorNiels Arestrup, Hichem Yacoubi, Adel Bencherif, Tahar Rahim, Reda Kateb, Jean-Philippe Ricci

DirectorJacques Audiard

Subtitle LanguageEnglish

FormatBlu-ray

Release Year2010

LanguageFrench

FeaturesTrailer\Deleted Scenes with Director's Commentary \A Prophet: Revealed \Screen Tests of Tahar Ramin Rehearsals\Derriere les barreaux (behind bars) from Antonin Peretjako: 70 min documentary\Un Prophete a Chatenay from Jean-Michel Correia documentary, Widescreen, With Subtitles

Aspect Ratio16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen

GenreDrama, General

Run Time155 Mins

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Certificate18

Number of Discs1

Country/Region of ManufactureFrance

Director of PhotographyStephane Fontaine

ReviewsEmpire - A modern French crime epic where the smudges and crossings out do not diminish the passages of great dreamlike power

Consumer AdviceContains strong bloody violence and very strong language

Additional InformationAn impressionable and vulnerable Arab man gets thrust into a hellish prison, and ironically discovers greater opportunities for success than he ever possessed outside of the bars, in this violent melodrama from emerging French master filmmaker Jacques Audiard (THE BEAT THAT MY HEART SKIPPED). Tahar Rahim stars as Malik El Djebena, a petty criminal incarcerated for six years. Once inside and subjected to all of the standard brutalities that most prisoners endure, he is quickly educated in the "ways" of the prison, an institution torn violently between gangs of Corsicans and Arabs. The head Corsican thug, CΘsar Luciani (Niels Arestrup), offers Malik an ultimatum: either he rubs out an Arab inmate named Reyeb (Hichem Yacoubi), or he himself dies. Not only does Malik succeed with the hit, he earns the begrudging respect of the other prisoners, and -- after securing several days' release for good behavior -- uses off-time to forge a deeper and more multi-layered network of criminal ties than he ever dreamed possible. But as his own power and confidence grow, they threaten to outstrip Cesar's own insistence on submission and obedience at all costs.

Movie/TV TitleA Prophet

ComposerAlexandre Desplat

Sound sourceDolby Digital

AwardsBest Foreign Language Film 2010 -

ScreenwriterJacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain

EditorJuliette Welfling