tanty
Great movie in all aspects; great story and script, great cast and great performances.
One of the best movies I've watched lately.
A Prophet
- Crime
- Drama
8/26/2009
155
R
Escaping the prison of life.
Sentenced to six years in prison, Malik El Djebena is alone in the world and can neither read nor write. On his arrival at the prison, he seems younger and more brittle than the others detained there. At once he falls under the sway of a group of Corsicans who enforce their rule in the prison. As the 'missions' go by, he toughens himself and wins the confidence of the Corsican group.
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- Revenue:
- $17,873,691
- Budget:
- $13,000,000
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Cast
- Tahar RahimMalik El Djebena
- Niels ArestrupCésar Luciani
- Adel BencherifRyad
- Hichem YacoubiReyeb
- Reda KatebJordi
- Jean-Philippe RicciVettori
- Gilles CohenProf
- Antoine BaslerPilicci
- Pierre LecciaSampierro
- Foued NassahAntaro
- Jean-Emmanuel PagniSanti
- Frédéric GrazianiPrison Warden
- Leïla BekhtiDjamila
- Rabah LoucifMalik's Lawyer
- Slimane DaziLattrache
- Serge OntenienteLe juge d'application des peines
Reviews
Geronimo1967
Tahar Rahim is really good in the dark, gritty and vicious prison drama. His character - "Mailk" is an illiterate eighteen year old who is sent to jail for six years for attacking a police officler. One inside, he has little protection but the clothes he stands up in. The place is governed by "Luciani" (Niels Arestrup). He's a man of Corsican descent who has twenty or so hoodlums to do his bidding and the guards in his pocket. It's the Arabs who are causing him some chagrin so he alights on the newbie to be his instrument of murder. Initially terrified and reluctant, it's soon clear that a choice isn't on his list of options. Do this, though, and he will be protected and, well, alive. He elects on the survival path and becomes gradually mor...