Additional information for A Prophet (Un prophète), which has a domestic theatrical release set for January 22, 2010. The film is being distributed by Sony Pictures Classics and has not yet been rated. A Prophet (Un prophète) has a total running time of 155 minutes.
R
USA
14
Switzerland
16
Ireland
18
UK
16
Argentina
M/16
Portugal
16
Netherlands
-12
France
18
South Korea
16
Germany
18A
Canada
MA
Australia
III
Hong Kong
R18
New Zealand
15
Norway
15
Sweden
10
Austria
18
Brazil
155min
150min
A Prophet
Canada
A Prophet
International
A Prophet
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A Prophet
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Profeten
Denmark
Profeten
Norway
Un profeta
Argentina
Un profeta
Spain
Пророк
Russia
A próféta
Hungary
Ein Prophet
Germany
En profet
Sweden
Enas profitis
Greece
Il profeta
Italy
Navi
Israel
O Profeta
Brazil
O profitis
Greece
Profeetta
Finland
Profitis
Greece
Prorok
Poland
Um Profeta
Portugal
Un prophète
Canada
Yeralti Peygamberi
Turkey
May 16, 2009
France
August 01, 2009
Poland
August 26, 2009
Belgium
August 26, 2009
France
September 02, 2009
Switzerland
September 05, 2009
USA
September 22, 2009
Spain
September 25, 2009
Thailand
September 30, 2009
Canada
October 04, 2009
Canada
October 08, 2009
Russia
October 10, 2009
Canada
October 24, 2009
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October 25, 2009
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October 30, 2009
Greece
November 09, 2009
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November 12, 2009
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November 13, 2009
Kazakhstan
November 20, 2009
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November 21, 2009
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November 28, 2009
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December 03, 2009
Greece
December 04, 2009
Hong Kong
December 05, 2009
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December 10, 2009
United Arab Emirates
December 18, 2009
Egypt
December 31, 2009
Portugal
January 01, 2010
Lebanon
January 14, 2010
Switzerland
January 22, 2010
Ireland
January 22, 2010
UK
January 22, 2010
USA
January 28, 2010
Hong Kong
January 30, 2010
Netherlands
February 04, 2010
Netherlands
February 11, 2010
Australia
February 25, 2010
Denmark
February 26, 2010
Canada
February 26, 2010
Spain
February 26, 2010
USA
March 03, 2010
United Arab Emirates
March 05, 2010
Canada
March 11, 2010
Germany
March 11, 2010
South Korea
March 12, 2010
Romania
March 12, 2010
Taiwan
March 19, 2010
Finland
March 19, 2010
Italy
March 19, 2010
Japan
March 19, 2010
Norway
March 19, 2010
Sweden
April 01, 2010
Israel
April 30, 2010
Austria
May 21, 2010
Poland
June 18, 2010
Brazil
August 06, 2010
Mexico
October 06, 2010
Argentina
December 05, 2010
Philippines
January 21, 2012
Japan
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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 national prison system and Frances Islamic population.Set largely within prison walls and featuring an almost exclusively male and non-professional cast, the film details the prison career of Malik el Djebena (newcomer Rahim), a 19-year-old man of North African origin but estranged from the Muslim community. Sentenced to six years on an unspecified charge, Malik is chosen by Cesar Luciani (Arestrup), feared kingpin of the prisons reigning Corsican gang, to kill a prisoner named Reyeb (Yacoubi) who initially offers Malik drugs in exchange for sex. Malik commits the bloody murder, and thanks to Lucianis near-total control of the prisons internal workings - gets off scot-free. This makes him a lieutenant in the prisons Corsican gang, initially entrusted only with menial duties and disparaged as an Arab outsider.Haunted by visions of a ghostly Reyeb, and determined to get on, the illiterate Malik not only learns to read, but teaches himself Corsican, surreptitiously learning the ins and outs of Lucianis business. Another inmate, Ryad (Bencherif), becomes Maliks friend, later his ally on the outside. When Luciani arranges periods of leave for Malik, entrusting him with various criminal missions, Malik takes the opportunity to do some business of his own, setting up a drugs trade with Ryads aid. Life gets increasingly dangerous for Malik, both inside and outside prison walls, but he seems partly through Reyebs benign, unearthly influence - to lead a charmed life. Powers of prophecy are attributed to him after surviving a bizarre car crash an incident presaged in an enigmatic fantasy sequence.Immensely detailed both in its accounts of prison life and of the politics of organized crime, A Prophet comes across as both a realistic film and a deeply cynical one: it is extremely matter-of-fact in depicting a dog-eat-dog world. [D-Man2010]
Jacques Audiard
Director(s)
Thomas Bidegain
Jacques Audiard
Abdel Raouf Dafri
Nicolas Peufaillit
Writer(s)
Lauranne Bourrachot
producer
Martine Cassinelli
producer
Pascal Caucheteux
producer
Marco Cherqui
producer
Antonin Dedet
line producer
Paolo Nino Cence
assistant producer
Producer(s)
Alexandre Desplat
Composer(s)
Malik El Djebena
Tahar Rahim
César Luciani
Niels Arestrup
Ryad
Adel Bencherif
Jordi
Reda Kateb
Reyeb
Hichem Yacoubi
Vettori
Jean-Philippe Ricci
Prof
Gilles Cohen
Sampierro
Pierre Leccia
Pilicci
Antoine Basler
Antaro
Foued Nassah
Santi
Jean-Emmanuel Pagni
Chef de détention
Frédéric Graziani
Djamila
Leïla Bekhti
L'avocat de Malik
Rabah Loucif
Lattrache
Slimane Dazi
Le juge d'application des peines (as Serge Onteniente)
Serge Boutleroff
Le procureur
Hervé Temime
Hassan
Taha Lemaizi
Tarik
Mohamed Makhtoumi
Musulman couloir
Karim Leklou
Musulman couloir
Farid Larbi
Musulman couloir
Doula Niang
Latif
Mamadou Minte
Michka
Guillaume Verdier
Khalid
Mourad Frarema
La mère de Mohamed
Zohra Benali
Travailleur social
Sabar Kabbouchi
Travailleur social
Eric Badoc
Travailleur social
François De Courcelle
Garde Sampierro
Nathanaël Maïni
Corse
Charles Maestracci
Corse
Laurent Blanquet
Corse
Jean-Pierre Guinebert
Ceccaldi
Pascal Henault
Le chimique
Hakim Sid
Un auxi
Kamel Labroudi
Caillera
Mustapha Benstiti
Gardien fouille
Alain Raymond
Maton cour d'honneur
Franck Xabrame
Gardien fouille
Didier de Backer
A young Arab man is sent to a French prison where he becomes a mafia kingpin.
Director(s)
Jacques Audiard
Abdel Raouf Dafri
Nicolas Peufaillit
Writer(s)
producer
Martine Cassinelli
producer
Pascal Caucheteux
producer
Marco Cherqui
producer
Antonin Dedet
line producer
Paolo Nino Cence
assistant producer
Producer(s)
Composer(s)
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