Prophet, A

A FILM BY Jacques Audiard

Sensational. Sweeping and precisely observed. A pitch-perfect film.

- The New York Times

The newcomer Rahim is an enigma. What is he thinking? I believe that's the quality Audiard wants. He's a newly poured man, and when the mold sets, it happens inside.

- Roger Ebert, ChicagoSun Times

This is a class of movie that operates on a higher plane than its peers.

- Wesley Morris, Boston Globe

Writer-director Jacques Audiard manages to replicate The Godfather's most elusive element, not the dark comedy or the operatic bloodletting, but the incremental corruption of a decent man into a willful, coldhearted killer.

- J.R Jones, Chicago Reader

Extraordinaire! Le meilleur film de l'année!

- La Presse

Synopsis

Condemned to six years in prison, Malik El Djebena cannot read or 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 currently ruling 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. Malik is a fast learner and rises up the prison ranks, all the while secretly devising his own plans...