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The film is on the subject prison of director Jacques Audiard, A Prophet (Un Prophete is the original title), tells the story of a young Arab is sent to a French prison where he becomes a mafia boss. What await him ahead and what will happen? Watch this movie to know!

Genre:

Drama, Crime

Actors:

Tahar Rahim, Niels Arestrup, Adel Bencherif, Reda Kateb, Hichem Yacoubi, Jean-Philippe Ricci, Gilles Cohen, Pierre Leccia, Antoine Basler, Foued Nassah, Jean-Emmanuel Pagni, ...»

Director:

Jacques Audiard

Country:

International

Release:

2009

IMDb:

7.8

Quality:

Duration:

155 min

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A Prophet is essential viewing for art-film buffs and crime-flick fans, but also for anyone who's looking for a great story, terrific acting and masterful filmmaking.

April 01, 2010

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Window to the Movies

An epic-styled comment on the practical side of getting through modern life, with spirituality and loyalty playing side parts to gaining raw skill.

August 17, 2010

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Film Comment Magazine

But with its lush Alexandre Desplat score, deeply shadowed compositions, and fluid, understated camera movement, A Prophet is distinctly an Audiard construction.

July 12, 2013

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Associated Press

Audiard has talked about the prospects of a sequel to A Prophet. With the foundation he has built here, it would be a welcome one.

April 02, 2010

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Flicks.co.nz

Like Goodfellas without the visual fizz, or Scarface played straight, this is, quite simply, one of the greatest prison films ever made.

September 06, 2010

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Miami Herald

The film never succumbs to the pitfalls of the prison-movie genre, and there's something poetic about how Audiard, in the midst of all this violence, manages to make a punch to the stomach seem like the most violent act of all.

March 17, 2010

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rec.arts.movies.reviews

A movie that has more in common with Jean Genet than Frantz Fanon, but there's enough insights into white colonial domination of Arab peoples to make this a cut above the standard prison melodrama. Highly recommended.

October 06, 2010

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Detroit News

The success of Malik is sheer American dream via France: Anyone can make it if they try hard enough. Make it at what, of course, is always the question.

March 26, 2010

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Denver Post

Audiard never overplays the new experiences facing Malik, be they violent or touching. Yet his tender regard for our complicated hero shines through.

March 19, 2010

Parallax View

... a riveting portrait of a prison education.

August 11, 2010

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Laramie Movie Scope

This is a brutal prison crime drama that shows the transformation of a small-time criminal into a big-time crime boss.

December 30, 2010

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Orlando Sentinel

A movie that stands with the best prison thrillers from any country; a film that vividly illustrates the connection between prison and the violent, radical form of Islam that keeps much of Europe on edge.

April 21, 2010

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