

A Prophet
2009-08-26 · 155 min · ★ 7.5
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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Production details
- Directors
- Jacques Audiard
- Production companies
- Why Not Productions, Chic Films, Page 114, UGC, France 2 Cinéma, BiM Distribuzione, Celluloid Dreams
- Countries
- France, Italy
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- USD 13,000,000
- Revenue
- USD 17,874,044
Top Cast
Tahar RahimMalik El Djebena
Niels ArestrupCésar Luciani
Adel BencherifRyad
Reda KatebJordi
Hichem YacoubiReyeb
Jean-Philippe RicciVettori
Gilles CohenProf
Antoine BaslerPilicci
Foued NassahAntaro
Jean-Emmanuel PagniSanti
Frédéric GrazianiPrison Warden
Leïla BekhtiDjamila
Rabah LoucifMalik's Lawyer
Slimane DaziLattrache
Serge OntenienteSentence enforcement judge
Hervé TémimeProsecutor
Taha LemaiziHassan
Mohamed MakhtoumiTarik
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