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A Prophet
2009
· Movie
· 155 min
A
MEANRANK
83/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #307
- IMDb #590
- Rotten Tomatoes #303
- Metacritic #147
- Letterboxd #260
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #287
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- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #665
- Metacritic Critics #191
- Metacritic Audience #257
- Criticker #188
- Douban #1083
- Kinopoisk #1556
- AlloCiné #213
- Trakt #678
Every rating
71–96
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 71, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 96. Critics average 93, everyone else 81.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A young, illiterate Frenchman of Arab descent is sentenced to six years in prison. Alone and vulnerable, he is forced by a powerful Corsican gang to carry out a hit on another inmate. This violent act grants him protection but effectively makes him an indentured servant. He slowly learns to navigate the brutal hierarchies of the prison system, using his intelligence to build his own power base from within.
Details
- Director
- Jacques Audiard
- Writers
- Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain
- Studio
- Why Not Productions, Chic Films, Page 114, UGC
- Released
- 26 August 2009
- Country
- France, Italy
- Language
- French, Arabic, Corsican
- Runtime
- 155 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $13.0M
- Box office
- $17.9M
- Awards
- 23 wins, 24 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 47 →12 major awards won · 23 wins from 47 nominations across 16 ceremonies
| BAFTA Award 2010 | Best Film Not in the English Language | Jacques Audiard | Winner |
| BAFTA Award 2010 | Best Film Not in the English Language | Pascal Caucheteux | Winner |
| César Award 2010 | Best Editing | Juliette Welfling | Winner |
| César Award 2010 | Best Director | Jacques Audiard | Winner |
| César Award 2010 | Best Production Design | Michel Barthélémy | Winner |
| César Award 2010 | Best Original Screenplay | Nicolas Peufaillit | Winner |
| César Award 2010 | Best Actor | Tahar Rahim | Winner |
| César Award 2010 | Best Male Revelation | Tahar Rahim | Winner |
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César Award
12 nominations, 9 won
| Best Actor | Tahar Rahim | Winner |
| Best Cinematography | Stéphane Fontaine | Winner |
| Best Director | Jacques Audiard | Winner |
| Best Editing | Juliette Welfling | Winner |
| Best Film | Jacques Audiard | Winner |
| Best Male Revelation | Tahar Rahim | Winner |
| Best Original Screenplay | Nicolas Peufaillit | Winner |
| Best Production Design | Michel Barthélémy | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actor | Niels Arestrup | Winner |
| Best Costume Design | Nominee | |
| Best Music Written for a Film | Nominee | |
| Best Sound | Nominee |
BAFTA Award
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Film Not in the English Language | Jacques Audiard | Winner |
| Best Film Not in the English Language | Pascal Caucheteux | Winner |
Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix
1 nomination, 1 won
| Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix | Jacques Audiard | Winner |
82nd Academy Awards
1 nomination
| Best International Feature Film | Nominee |
Golden Globe Award
1 nomination
| Best Non-English Language Film | Nominee |
Goya Award
1 nomination
| Best European Film | Nominee |
Independent Spirit Award
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Film | Nominee |
International Submission to the Academy Awards
1 nomination
| International Submission to the Academy Awards | France | Nominee |
Polish Academy Award
1 nomination
| Best European Film | Nominee |
22nd European Film Awards
18 nominations, 5 won
| Best Actor | Tahar Rahim | Winner |
| European Film Academy Prix d'Excellence | Jean-Paul Hurier | Winner |
| European Film Academy Prix d'Excellence | Marc Doisne | Winner |
| European Film Academy Prix d'Excellence | Brigitte Taillandier | Winner |
| European Film Academy Prix d'Excellence | Francis Wargnier | Winner |
| Best Cinematographer | Stéphane Fontaine | Nominee |
| Best Director | Jacques Audiard | Nominee |
| Best Film | Nicolas Peufaillit | Nominee |
| Best Film | Jacques Audiard | Nominee |
| Best Film | Abdel Raouf Dafri | Nominee |
| Best Film | Page 114 | Nominee |
| Best Film | Chic Films | Nominee |
| Best Film | Why Not Productions | Nominee |
| Best Film | Thomas Bidegain | Nominee |
| Best Screenwriter | Jacques Audiard | Nominee |
| Best Screenwriter | Abdel Raouf Dafri | Nominee |
| Best Screenwriter | Nicolas Peufaillit | Nominee |
| Best Screenwriter | Thomas Bidegain | Nominee |
8th International Cinephile Society Awards
3 nominations, 3 won
| Best Director | Jacques Audiard | Winner |
| Best Film | Winner | |
| Best Supporting Actor | Niels Arestrup | Winner |
BIFA
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Independent Film | Jacques Audiard | Winner |
Louis Delluc Prize
1 nomination, 1 won
| Louis Delluc Prize | Jacques Audiard | Winner |
National Board of Review Award
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Language Film | Jacques Audiard | Winner |
David di Donatello
1 nomination
| Best European Film | Nominee |
National Society of Film Critics Award
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Language Film | Nominee |