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A Prophet (Un prophete)

  • Rated R
  • 2hr 35m
  • 90

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  • Trailer for this gritty drama
  • Clip: I speak Corsican

Movie Info & Cast

Director:

Jacques Audiard

Producer:

Lauranne Bourrachot, Martine Cassinelli, Pascal Caucheteux

Writer:

Thomas Bidegain, Jacques Audiard, Abdel Raouf Dafri

Release Date:

Feb 26, 2010

Runtime:

2hr 35m

Synopsis

A delinquent Muslim man struggles to get by in prison until he is taken under the wing of a powerful mob boss. But his gradual rise through the mob's ranks brings him in conflict with his mentor.

Cast

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

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Metacritic

90
metacritic
Based on 31 Critics
8.5

USER SCORE (220)

Universal acclaim based on 220 Reviews
80
Jan 18, 2016

Though less pleasurably offbeat than the helmer’s well-received “Read My Lips” and “The Beat That My Heart Skipped,” this is solid, sinewy pulp fiction.

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Metacritic review by Justin Chang
Justin Chang
Variety
70

Jacques Audiard’s film, which lasts two and a half hours, maintains an unflagging urgency, stalling only when the double-dealing grows too dense.

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Anthony Lane
The New Yorker
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