A Prophet details
| Formats: | 18 DVD, Blu-ray |
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| Starring: | Tahar Rahim, Niels Arestrup, Adel Bencherif, Hichem Yacoubi, Reda Kateb, Gilles Cohen |
| Director: | Jacques Audiard |
| Genres: | Drama - General, World Cinema - French |
| Studio: | ELEVATION |
| Original title | Un prophete |
| Collections: | 2011's Top Films, Banged Up, Behind Bars, Best of London Film Festival, Decades: 00s, Festival Favourites, French Thrillers, Gangs & Cartels |
| Name | Discs | |
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A Prophet |
18 Feature |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 2 hours 35 minutes |
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| Rental release: | 07 Jun 2010 |
| Main languages: | French |
| Subtitles: | English |
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By Tom Charity from LOVEFiLMThis gripping French prison drama comes highly recommended...
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A Prophet
By JuneMong (2 reviews) from London , 23 Jan 2010[Highly rated reviewer]
Not just one of the 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 impresses at all levels as Maghrebin Malik El Djebena, who has the street intelligence of a young man with an innate sense of survival, with restraint and realism. Malik perpetrates enough violence to survive but never any more than he needs. He also straddles the ethnic rivalries and racism between the Italians, the Egyptians, the Maghrebin, the Corsicans etc and comes out on top. Director Jacques Audiard first got the idea for this film when he showed his 2008 film The Beat My Heart Skipped in a French prison & was appalled by the conditions he saw there. His previous films: A Self Made Hero, Read My Lips, The Beat My Heart Skipped. Must see!- Was this review helpful to you?
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By a customer , 17 Jun 2012Excellent well made film, had all the necessary ingredients , well put together, This is a film not to be missed. 9/10- Was this review helpful to you?
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excellent prison ganster movie
By a customer , 16 Jun 2012a gritty, intense prison gangster movie - very good movie. we had to watch in two sittings and the anticipation stayed with us during the break- Was this review helpful to you?
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Vive la France
By dominic6 (1 review) , 12 Jun 2012In Short and amazing piece of cinema, totally engaging and rips through your loyalties from minute to minute. Complex, subtle, clever and unique.- Was this review helpful to you?
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excellent gritty movie
By a customer , 10 Jun 2012I loved every minute of it. Great show. It'll probably be re-made in Hollywood, just hope they don't get Leonardo to do it.- Was this review helpful to you?
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C'est Magnifique!
By IamOwenHargreaves (9 reviews) , 03 Jun 2012I would highly recommend this compelling film. It is admittedly a very tough watch in places and not for the squemish but well worth the trouble. It grips you from the start and doesn't relent.
If this had been made in Hollywood with, say, Leonardo Di Caprio as the lead, we would be talking multiple Oscar nods here. Fact.- Was this review helpful to you?
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