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Length: 01:20
Posted: 12/9/2009
A second trailer for A Prophet.
When it comes to hard-bitten crime cinema, Jacques Audiard has few equals in Europe, and his violent, gripping prison drama A Prophet shows him extending his range with unimpeachable command. The story of a gauche young inmate who rises through the criminal ranks to become a formidable player, A Prophet works both as hard-edged, painstaking detailed social realism and as a compelling genre entertainment.
The only thing that might hamper commercial prospects is a labyrinthine, sometimes perplexing narrative, but otherwise the film to be released in France in August - should have the same international appeal as last years Cannes crime hit Gomorrah. Its unapologetically testosterone-laden tenor will give the film a resonance way beyond the international art-house constituency that embraced Audiards last film, The Beat That My Heart Skipped. Expect this stimulating film also to be much discussed in the French media in terms of its topical backgrounds, the n watch
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Length: 01:54
Posted: 10/14/2009
The trailer for A Prophet. Jacques Audiard s A Prophet traces the journey of a young Arab man, who becomes a mafia kingpin after he is sent to a French prison. watch
The teaser trailer for A Prophet courtesy of Quiet Earth. A Prophet is currently at the Cannes Film Festival.
Condemned to six years in prison, Malik El Djebena cannot read nor write. Arriving at the jail entirely alone, he appears younger and more fragile than the other convicts. He is 19 years old. Cornered by the leader of the Corsican gang who rules the prison, he is given a number of "missions" to carry out, toughening him up and gaining the gang leader s confidence in the process.
But Malik is brave and a fast learner, daring to secretly develop his own plans... watch
