An intense performance by Tahir Rahim is at the center of a prison drama that conforms only slightly to the usual genre.
A Prophet (2009)
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Rated: R [See Full Rating] for strong violence, sexual content, nudity, language and drug material
Genre: Foreign Films
Theatrical Release:Feb 12, 2010 Limited
Synopsis: At age 18, Malik El Djebena (Tahar Rahim) is just beginning a six-year prison sentence in this drama from THE BEAT THAT MY HEART SKIPPED director Jacques Audiard. Though he cannot read or write,... At age 18, Malik El Djebena (Tahar Rahim) is just beginning a six-year prison sentence in this drama from THE BEAT THAT MY HEART SKIPPED director Jacques Audiard. Though he cannot read or write, Malik soon figures out the politics of the prison system, giving him a prime spot in the power struggle between two battling groups of prisoners. THE PROPHET reunites Audiard with two of his stars from THE BEAT THAT MY HEART SKIPPED, Niels Arestrup and Gilles Cohen, as well as that film’s director of photography, Stéphane Fontaine, and its composer, Alexandre Desplat. [More]
Starring: Tahar Rahim, Niels Arestrup, Adel Bencherif, Reda Kateb
Starring: Tahar Rahim, Niels Arestrup, Adel Bencherif, Reda Kateb, Hichem Yacoubi, Gilles Cohen, Pierre Leccia, Antoine Basler, Foued Nassah, Jean-Emmanuel Pagni
Director: Jacques Audiard
Director: Jacques Audiard
Screenwriter: Jacques Audiard, Abdel Raouf Dafri, Nicolas Peufaillit, Thomas Bidegain
Composer: Alexandre Desplat
Studio: Sony Pictures Classics
Reviews for A Prophet
Audiard's sensationally directed set pieces and the quietly compelling performance by Rahim hold interest throughout
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