A Prophet
A young Arab man (Rahim) serving time in a French prison transforms into a mafia kingpin.
IN THEATERS FEBRUARY 26TH 2010

Director Jacques Audiard is virtually unknown in the States, but his epic mob drama, which won the British Film Festival’s first-ever Best Film Award, is poised to change all that — even if the Academy pulls a Gomorrah and fails to nominate the French film for the best foreign film Oscar. Look for Tahar Rahim’s name to appear more on this side of the Atlantic; next up for the actor is another epic turn in Kevin Macdonald’s The Eagle of the Ninth. Get in depth here.












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