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A Prophet is a 2009 French prison crime film directed by Jacques Audiard with a screenplay by Audiard, Thomas Bidegain, Abdel Raouf Dafri and Nicolas Peufaillit, from a story by Dafri. The film stars Tahar Rahim in the title role as an imprisoned petty criminal of Algerian origin who rises in the prison hierarchy. He becomes a mob associate and drug trafficker as he is absorbed into the Corsican mafia and then…
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French cinema, at least before Luc Besson, has maintained a reputation as the antithesis of Hollywood. Many French filmmakers have strived to preserve this distinction, even when venturing into typically American genre territory such as gangsters or prison films. Jacques Audiard's 2009 film, *A Prophet*, is a prime example of this. Set within the confines of a French prison, the film delves into the world of organiz…More
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Un Prophet was among the nominees for the 2010 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. Tahar Rahim plays a young Arab delinquent named Malik El Djebena who is sentenced to four years in an adult penitentiary, his first experience in the big leagues. El Djebena leads a life full of contradictions. The dichotomy of his characteristics appear contradictory, yet are fully reconciled. The role reminded me of the surreal sc…More
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Hello everybody! image source Dear steemians and @sndbox members, welcome to my film series. I am talking about films, in this series. I will criticism about films I watced. Actually, it is not exactly criticism. It is more like comment. Because I am not critic. I just talking about films. I say features or scenes what I liked. If I watched another films by the same director, I tell about them. In fact, I more like…More