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  • A Prophet
  • A Prophet review by JuneMong from London
    Rated - 5.0 stars A Prophet 23 January 2010
    ...he best gangster films I've seen in a decade but one of the best films. Period. Niels Arestrup is excellent as the Corsican kingpin Cesar Luciani. Newcomer Tahar Rahim impres...   Read customer review
  • The Big Picture
  • The Big Picture review by ASR from
    Rated - 3.5 stars The true price of freedom 25 July 2011
    ... emotions only overshadowed in craft towards the end by the brief appearance of Niels Arestrup . Before this and about half way through the film I was waiting for something t...   Read customer review

Niels Arestrup - filmography


  • Our Children - Blu-ray (2012)
    Starring: Niels Arestrup,  Tahar Rahim,  Emilie Dequenne
    Director: Joachim Lafosse
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Based on true events, celebrated director Joachim Lafosse's intense, multi-layered dissection of an unorthodox family unit created an unprecedented buzz at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival, and won Emilie Dequenne the prestigious Best Actress Award. OUR CHILDREN was critically heralded as one of the ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 No ratings yet. Be the first.
    Due for release on 9th September 2013
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  • Our Children (2012)
    Starring: Niels Arestrup,  Tahar Rahim,  Emilie Dequenne
    Director: Joachim Lafosse
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Based on true events, celebrated director Joachim Lafosse's intense, multi-layered dissection of an unorthodox family unit created an unprecedented buzz at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival, and won Emilie Dequenne the prestigious Best Actress Award. OUR CHILDREN was critically heralded as one of the ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 4 members
    Due for release on 9th September 2013
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  • The Big Picture on DVD (2011)
    Starring: Romain Duris,  Catherine Deneuve,  Marina Fois
    Director: Eric Lartigau
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Paul Exben is a success story; a great job, a beautiful wife and two wonderful sons. Except that this is not the life he has been dreaming of. A moment of madness is going to change his life, forcing him to assume a new identity that will enable him to live his life fully.
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 1,439 member
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  • The Big Picture - Blu-ray (2011)
    Starring: Romain Duris,  Catherine Deneuve,  Marina Fois
    Director: Eric Lartigau
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Paul Exben is a success story a great job, a beautiful wife and two wonderful sons. Except that this is not the life he has been dreaming of. A moment of madness is going to change his life, forcing him to assume a new identity that will enable him to live his life fully
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 715 members
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  • You Will Be My Son on DVD (2011)
    Starring: Niels Arestrup,  Lorant Deutsch,  Patrick Chesnais
    Director: Gilles Legrand
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Directed by Gilles Legrand, You Will Be My Son stars Niels Arestrup as Paul de Marseul, a prestigious wine-maker and owner of a renowned chateau and vineyard in Saint-Émilion, whom is disheartened by the notion of his son Martin (Lorŕnt Deutsch) taking over the family business. Martin does not seem ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 27 members
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  • Sarah's Key on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Melusine Mayance,  Gisele Casadesus,  Kristin Scott Thomas
    Director: Gilles Paquet-Brenner
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    A Jewish girl's story opens wounds from France's wartime past in this drama from director Gilles Paquet-Brenner. Living in Paris while her architect husband Bertrand (Frederic Pierrot) restores his family's apartment block, writer Julia Jarmond (Kristin Scott Thomas) stumbles across the wartime ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 79% from 12,100 members
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  • A Prophet on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Tahar Rahim,  Niels Arestrup,  Adel Bencherif
    Director: Jacques Audiard
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Nineteen year-old Malik (Tahar Rahim) is condemned to six years in prison. Arriving in jail friendless and alone with no-one to protect him, he soon finds himself drawn into the brutal violence and gang warfare of daily prison life. Taken under the wing of a powerful boss, Malik is initiated into ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 26,768 members
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  • A Prophet - Blu-ray (2009)
    Starring: Adel Bencherif,  Hichem Yacoubi,  Gilles Cohen
    Director: Jacques Audiard
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Graphicallly violent, BAFTA-winning prison drama from acclaimed French director Jacques Audiard ('Read My Lips', 'The Beat That My Heart Skipped'). Sentenced to six years in a brutal French prison, 19-year-old petty criminal Malik El Djebena (Tahar Rahim) soon realises he has to learn the ropes if ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 7,303 members
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  • Farewell on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Emir Kusturica,  Guillaume Canet,  Alexandra Maria Lara
    Director: Christian Carion
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Based on a true story, Farewell (aka L'Affaire Farewell) documents one of the most astounding tales of espionage to come out of the Cold War. Directed by Academy Award nominated Christian Carion (Merry Christmas), Farewell features a stellar cast including award-winning actor/director Emir ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 315 members
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  • Meeting Venus (1991)
    Starring: Niels Arestrup,  Glenn Close
    Director: István Szabó,  Istvan Szabo,  Istvan Szabo
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    A deliciously biting satire about both the world of Grand Opera and the current 'United Europe'. A Hungarian conductor (Arestrup) attempts to mount a bold new production of TANNHAUSER while navigating the snares and pitfalls of 'artistic' egos, rampant nationalism, internal company and union ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 22 members
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Niels Arestrup facts

5 most recent films

Our Children - Blu-ray - 3 stars
Our Children - 2.5 stars
Tu seras mon fils - 3.0 stars
Sarah's Key - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
The Big Picture - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Sarah's Key - 4.0 stars
Sarah's Key - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
A Prophet - 3.5 stars
A Prophet - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Farewell - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Our Children - Blu-ray - 3 stars
Our Children - 2.5 stars
Meeting Venus - 2.5 stars
You Will Be My Son - 3.0 stars
Tu seras mon fils - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Tahar Rahim - 5 times - show films
Gisele Casadesus - 3 times - show films
Adel Bencherif - 3 times - show films
Dominique Frot - 3 times - show films
Natasha Mashkevich - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Gilles Paquet-Brenner - 4 times - show films
Jacques Audiard - 3 times - show films
Christian Carion - 2 times - show films
Joachim Lafosse - 2 times - show films
Eric Lartigau - 2 times - show films