Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
Cast |
Tahar Rahim, Niels Arestrup, Adel Bencherif, Hichem Yacoubi, Reda Kateb, Jean-Philippe Ricci, Gilles Cohen |
Director |
Jacques Audiard |
Screenplay | Thomas Bidegain, Jacques Audiard, based on the screenplay by Abdel Raouf Dafri, Nicolas Peufaillit |
Music | Alexandre Desplat |
Cinematography | Stephane Fontaine |
Editing | Juliette Welfling |
Sound formats | Dolby Digital |
Soundtrack | Available |
Made in | 2009 |
Produced by | A consortium of European companies |
Official Site | IMDB page
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Genre | Action, drama |
Language | Strong and frequent |
Nudity | Moderate, in sexual and non-sexual context |
Sex | A couple of pretty strongly implied scenes |
Violence | Moderate to strong, frequent, bloody |
Prejudice | Mild |
Blasphemy | Infrequent |
Drug abuse | Tobacco use and references to drugs, fairly often |
Comments | None |
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Scale (Max) | 20 | |
What the Critics say | ||
Chicago Sunday Times Roger Ebert | 20 | |
eye Weekly Jason Anderson A Prophet is admirably ruthless about achieving its ends. | 15 | |
Rolling Stone Peter Travers Director Jacques Audiard scores a triumph of the highest order with the defiant poetry of his vision. A Prophet is a new crime classic. | 20 | |
Metacritic.com 28 critics | 18 | |
Rottentomatoes critics 120 critics | 16 | |
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Featuring an impressive star turn by newcomer Tahar Rahim, A Prophet is a French gangster film filled with arresting, immediate details. | 19 | |
What the People say | ||
Internet 8618 Netizens Excellent tough & rough prison gangster film | 16 | |
Average .. 89% | 18 |