Cinematic background from A Prophet 2009 - Sentenced to six years in prison, Malik El Djebena is alone in the world and can neither read nor write. On his arrival at the prison, he seems younger and more brittle than the others detained there. At once he falls under the sway of a group of Corsicans who enforce their rule in the prison. As the 'missions' go by, he toughens himself and wins the confidence of the Corsican group.

A Prophet

2009

Crime, Drama

Directors:

Jacques Audiard

Writers:

Thomas Bidegain, Jacques Audiard, Abdel Raouf Dafri, Nicolas Peufaillit

Official poster of A Prophet 2009 directed by Jacques Audiard

Movie still from “A Prophet” (2009), directed by Jacques Audiard – A person with his hand on his face; Extreme Close Up shot, High angle

Movie still from “A Prophet” (2009), directed by Jacques Audiard – A person wearing a hat; Extreme Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “A Prophet” (2009), directed by Jacques Audiard – A person wearing a headset; Extreme Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “A Prophet” (2009), directed by Jacques Audiard – A person holding a knife and a newspaper; Extreme Close Up shot, Overhead angle

Movie still from “A Prophet” (2009), directed by Jacques Audiard – A person looking at a sheet of paper; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “A Prophet” (2009), directed by Jacques Audiard – An older man in a suit and tie looking into the distance; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “A Prophet” (2009), directed by Jacques Audiard – A man sitting at a table looking down at a laptop; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “A Prophet” (2009), directed by Jacques Audiard – A person holding their hands on top of a table; Extreme Close Up shot, Overhead angle

Movie still from “A Prophet” (2009), directed by Jacques Audiard – A man sitting down looking down at his cell phone; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “A Prophet” (2009), directed by Jacques Audiard – A person holding a cell phone up to their ear; Extreme Close Up shot, Overhead angle

Movie still from “A Prophet” (2009), directed by Jacques Audiard – A person wearing a jacket; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “A Prophet” (2009), directed by Jacques Audiard – A man's face behind bars; Extreme Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “A Prophet” (2009), directed by Jacques Audiard – A man is lifting his arms in a gym; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “A Prophet” (2009), directed by Jacques Audiard – A person wearing a blue uniform; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “A Prophet” (2009), directed by Jacques Audiard – A man is standing in front of a shelf of shoes; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “A Prophet” (2009), directed by Jacques Audiard – A person holding a piece of paper with a picture on it; Extreme Close Up shot, High angle

Movie still from “A Prophet” (2009), directed by Jacques Audiard – Two men are behind bars in a jail cell; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “A Prophet” (2009), directed by Jacques Audiard – A man sitting at a table writing on a piece of paper; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “A Prophet” (2009), directed by Jacques Audiard – A person wearing a uniform; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “A Prophet” (2009), directed by Jacques Audiard – A person wearing a white shirt; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “A Prophet” (2009), directed by Jacques Audiard – A man and a woman holding a tray in a room; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “A Prophet” (2009), directed by Jacques Audiard – A man in red shirt behind bars with a cell phone; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “A Prophet” (2009), directed by Jacques Audiard – Two men standing next to each other in front of a door; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “A Prophet” (2009), directed by Jacques Audiard – A man holding a tray of food in a room; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “A Prophet” (2009), directed by Jacques Audiard – A man sitting at a table using a computer; Medium shot, High angle

Movie still from “A Prophet” (2009), directed by Jacques Audiard – A man in a blue shirt is looking at a piece of fabric; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “A Prophet” (2009), directed by Jacques Audiard – A man sitting in front of a sewing machine in a room; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “A Prophet” (2009), directed by Jacques Audiard – A group of people walking through a fenced in area; Extreme Wide shot, High angle

Movie still from “A Prophet” (2009), directed by Jacques Audiard – Two men are walking down the street holding hands; Wide shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “A Prophet” (2009), directed by Jacques Audiard – A man is sitting in the back of a car; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “A Prophet” (2009), directed by Jacques Audiard – A person talking on a cell phone; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “A Prophet” (2009), directed by Jacques Audiard – A young man is standing on the sidewalk; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “A Prophet” (2009), directed by Jacques Audiard – A man in a black jacket is looking down at his face; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “A Prophet” (2009), directed by Jacques Audiard – A man's face with a blurry background behind it; Extreme Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “A Prophet” (2009), directed by Jacques Audiard – A man sitting at a table with his foot on the table; Medium shot, High angle

Movie still from “A Prophet” (2009), directed by Jacques Audiard – A pair of shoes sitting on the ground next to each other; Extreme Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “A Prophet” (2009), directed by Jacques Audiard – A man holding a pen in his hand and looking at the camera; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “A Prophet” (2009), directed by Jacques Audiard – A group of men standing next to each other on a street; Medium shot, Low angle

Movie still from “A Prophet” (2009), directed by Jacques Audiard – A man standing in a room next to a window; Wide shot, High angle

Movie still from “A Prophet” (2009), directed by Jacques Audiard – A person wearing a tank top; Close Up shot, Low angle