A Prophet

Escaping the prison of life.

Un prophète (2009)

Timing: 2:35 (155 min)

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Release date

2009-08-26

Country

France, Italy

Production

Why Not Productions, Canal+, CinéCinéma, Celluloid Dreams, France 2 Cinéma, CNC, Union Générale Cinématographique (UGC), BIM Distribuzione, Sofica Soficinéma 4, Page 114, France 2, La Région Île-de-France, Chic Films, Conseil Régional de Provence-Alpes Côte d'Azur, Sofica UGC 1, Soficinéma 5, UGC

Genre

Crime, Drama

Budget

$13 000 000

Revenue

$17 873 691

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Director

Jacques Audiard

Actors

Tahar Rahim, Niels Arestrup, Adel Bencherif, Hichem Yacoubi, Reda Kateb, Jean-Philippe Ricci, Gilles Cohen, Antoine Basler, Pierre Leccia, Foued Nassah
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Scenario

Producer

Pascal Caucheteux, Martine Cassinelli, Lauranne Bourrachot, Marco Cherqui

Operator

Stéphane Fontaine

Composer

Alexandre Desplat

Artist

Pascal Le Guellec, Bruno Via, Anne Pelosi

Audition

Richard Rousseau, Michael Taupin, Julien Grossi

Editing

Juliette Welfling
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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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