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A Prophet

Un prophète

2009

Jacques Audiard

Tahar Rahim, Niels Arestrup, Adel Bencherif, Reda Kateb ...

7.5

26,133

Thriller. Drama Condemned to six years in prison, Malik El Djebena cannot read not write. Arriving at the jail entirely alone, he appears younger and more fragile than the other convicts. He is 19 years old. Cornered by the leader of the Corsican gang who rules the prison, he is given a number of “missions” to carry out, toughening him up and gaining the gang leader’s confidence in the process. But Malik is brave and a fast learner, daring to secretly develop his own plans. [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times	"The masterful 'A Prophet,' is an answered prayer for those who believe that revitalizing classic forms with contemporary attitudes makes for the most compelling kind of cinema"	POS
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"Director Jacques Audiard scores a triumph of the highest order with the defiant poetry of his vision. A Prophet is a new crime classic (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United Kingdom	Andrew Male Empire	"A modern French crime epic where the smudges and crossings out do not diminish the passages of great dreamlike power (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Peter Brunette The Hollywood Reporter	"What's most immediately remarkable about the film is the raw intensity of its hyper-realistic encounters, hugely enhanced by the superb acting of newcomer Rahim"	POS
United States	Noel Murray AV Club	"Thoroughly absorbing, exciting, even poetic. It’s a full evening’s entertainment."	POS
United Kingdom	Jonathan Romney Screendaily	"Compelling and immensely watchable though 'A Prophet' is, I can't help feeling it misses the concise edge of previous Audiard films"	NEU
United States	Justin Chang Variety	"A tough, absorbingly intricate account of a young French-Arab thug's improbable education behind bars."	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"[A] gripping and thrilling picture; it has the rangy, anecdotal feel of something drawn from real life, but its realism somehow accommodates an eerie supernatural shimmer (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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