Un prophète (2009)

Director:

Jacques Audiard

Writers:

Thomas Bidegain (screenplay) and
Jacques Audiard (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

26 August 2009 (Belgium)

Genre:

Drama | Crime

Plot:

A young Arab man is sent to a French prison where he becomes a mafia kingpin. |

Plot Keywords:

Mafia | Arab | Prison | Brutality | Ghost

Awards:

2 wins & 7 nominations

Cast

Tahar Rahim	...	Malik El Djebena
Niels Arestrup	...	César Luciani
Adel Bencherif	...	Ryad
Hichem Yacoubi	...	Reyeb
Reda Kateb	...	Jordi
Jean-Philippe Ricci	...	Vettori
Gilles Cohen	...	Prof
Antoine Basler	...	Pilicci
Leïla Bekhti	...	Djamila
Pierre Leccia	...	Sampierro
Foued Nassah	...	Antaro
Jean-Emmanuel Pagni	...	Santi
Frédéric Graziani	...	Chef de détention
Slimane Dazi	...	Lattrache
Rabah Loucif	...	L'avocat de Malik

Also Known As:

A Prophet (International: English title) (festival title) (UK) (USA)
Un profeta (Italy)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence, sexual content, nudity, language and drug material.

Runtime:

155 min | France:150 min

Country:

France | Italy

Language:

French | Arabic | Corsican

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

USA:R (certificate #45559) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Ireland:16

Company:

Why Not Productions

Trivia:

France's official submission to 82nd Academy Award's Foreign Language in 2010.

This movie is awesome

This was one of the first French film I have ever watched. I decided to give it a go.

Initially I wasn't holding out much hope when I placed the DVD into my drive, I was wrong.

The film is a hard hitting which keeps you gripped and awaiting the clever plot, it doesn't not disappoint and the way in which the plot unfolds is clever as well as realistic. The actors do a very good job and the main actor is especially good, the white mob boss is also a superb actor.

The film is about an Arab who enters jail after a life of trouble. He soon becomes gripped into the underworld of gang violence, he then joins a white gang whilst carrying out jobs for them. Whilst he cleverly starts to build his own empire.

Go watch this film now, sometimes I don't watch films if I have not seen reviews or thousands of votes here on IMD. Trust me on this film, one of the best films I have seen in a long time and I am sure you will not be disappointed.