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daily news bite | | A Prophet |
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Starring:
Tahar Rahim, Niels Arestrup
Review:
Oscar-nominated as Best Foreign Language Film from France, A
Prophet is a prison film like The Godfather is a
gangster film. Meaning this knockout punch of a thriller surpasses
its trappings to speak in a universal language about the ways power
corrupts the human condition. Newcomer Tahar Rahim is astounding as
Malik, 19, an illiterate Arab who begins serving six years by
bootlicking César (Niels Arestrup), an imprisoned Corsican
crime boss. César tests Mailk by forcing him to kill a
fellow Muslim prisoner. Arestrup is altogether remarkable as a Dr.
Frankenstein outmaneuvered by the monster he helps to create.
Director Jacques Audiard (The Beat That My Heart Skipped)
scores a triumph of the highest order with the defiant poetry of
his vision. A Prophet is a new crime...
Rating: 4 Stars
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