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Malik El Djebena is a young Frenchman of Algerian origin sentenced to six years in prison. At the age of 19, illiterate, he appears to be the youngest and most fragile of all the inmates, and he quickly falls into the hands of a group of Corsican inmates, who dominate and control everything that goes on in the prison.
Jacques Audiard manages to transport the viewer into Malik's intimacy, to the point of having the impression of sharing a cell with him. The further we get in the film, the more we realize the character's ambiguity and cunning. Maybe he's not as much of a victim as he wants to make it out to be...
Jacques Audiard manages to transport the viewer into Malik's intimacy, to the point of having the impression of sharing a cell with him. The further we get in the film, the more we realize the character's ambiguity and cunning. Maybe he's not as much of a victim as he wants to make it out to be...
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Cast:
Tahar Rahim, Niels Arestrup, Reda Kateb, Hichem Yacoubi -
Original Title:
Un Prophète -
Country:
France -
Year:
2009 - 155' FR, AR, Subtitles: PT, 35mm
Director
Jacques Audiard
Jacques Audiard is a famous French Director and Screenwriter, born on the 30th of April, 1952, in Paris. He is the son of Michel Audiard, who is also a well-known Director and Screenwriter from the 60s and 70s. From the beginning Jacques' career has been a success in the eyes of critics. His first film Regarde Les Hommes Tomber (1994) won the César Award for Best First Film. His 2012 film Rust and Bone won the BFI London Film Festival award for Best Film. In 20015 he won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival for the film Dheepan.
This year, as part of the 16th edition of the Festival, LEFFEST is proud to exhibit Un Prophète (2019), a film that won Jacques Audiard the Grand Jury Prize at the
This year, as part of the 16th edition of the Festival, LEFFEST is proud to exhibit Un Prophète (2019), a film that won Jacques Audiard the Grand Jury Prize at the
