A Prophet

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  • Opened February 26, 2010 
  • 2 hr 29 min
  • R | violence, sexual content, nudity, language and drug material

  • This acclaimed crime drama follows Malik El Djebena (Tahar Rahim), a delinquent young Muslim man, who is struggling to get by in a French prison. When he is taken under the wing of powerful Corsican mob boss Cesar Luciani (Niels Arestrup), he begins performing regular assignments for him, proving himself invaluable to the imposing criminal. As Malik rises in the mob ranks, he gains more power, but also more enemies, a situation that eventually brings conflict with his mentor. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Tahar Rahim, Niels Arestrup, Adel Bencherif, Reda Kateb, Hichem Yacoubi, Jean-Philippe Ricci, Gilles Cohen, Antoine Basler
  • Director: Jacques Audiard
  • Genres: Art House/Foreign

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Wall Street Journal
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Uncompromising in its style, story and characterizations. Read full review

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Philadelphia Inquirer
| Steven Rea

If Malik doesn't remind you of Al Pacino's Michael Corleone on his journey from innocence to corruption in "The Godfather" saga, well . . . he should. A Prophet is similarly, startlingly momentous. Read full review

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Chicago Sun-Times
| Roger Ebert

The best performance in the film is by Arestrup as Cesar. You may remember him from Audiard's "The Beat That My Heart Skipped" (2005), where he played a seedy but confident father who psychically overshadows his son. Read full review

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Tahar Rahim as Malik and Niels Arestrup as Cesar Luciani in "A Prophet."