Un prophète

A prophet
Director
Jacques Audiard
Country
France
Year
2008
Genre
Fiction
Scriptwriters
Jacques Audiard / Abdel Raouf Dafri / Nicolas Peufaillit / Thomas Bidegain
Cast
Tahar Rahim / Niels Arestrup / Adel Bencherif / Reda Kateb / Hichem Yacoubi
Production
Why Not Productions
http://www.whynotproductions.fr

Storyline

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...

Festivals & Academy awards and others

San Sebastián International Film Festival 2009
Zabaltegi Pearls
Festival de Cannes 2009
Competition
Grand Prize

European Film Awards (EFA) 2009
Best European Actor Award - Tahar Rahim
Prix d’Excellence for the Sound Design

Releases

United kingdom (22 of January 2010)

Call for proposals Distribution Selective
Year 2009
Call number 22/2008

Distribution territories:
Bulgaria / Switzerland / Czech Republic / Spain / Greece / Croatia / Hungary / Italy / Poland / Portugal / Romania / Slovenia / Slovakia / United Kingdom

Distribution:

OPTIMUM RELEASING LIMITED (United kingdom)