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A Prophet (2009)

Directed by: Jacques Audiard

Cast: Tahar Rahim, Niels Arestrup, Adel Bencherif, Reda Kateb, Hichem Yaboubi

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Screening Times
Sun Sep 13, 6:00 PM – VISA SCREENING ROOM (ELGIN)
OFF-SALE: Tue Sep 15, 2:45 PM – AMC 3

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Synopsis: A young Arab man, Malik, is sent to a French prison where he is cornered by the leader of the ruling Corsican gang. 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.

Programme: Special Presentations

Language: French, Arabic, Corsican

Country: France

Runtime: 149 minutes

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Daily Film Dose [Alan Bacchus] abacchus Sep 13 2009

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Daily Mirror [David Edwards] - -

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Cinema365 [Carlos deVillalvilla] - -

Chicago Tribune [Alexis L. Loinaz] - -

Raúl Reis (Público) (Portuguese) - -

Cine Visiones [Miguel Cane] (Spanish) - -

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Superciliousness [Bentley Smith] - -

Público/Ipsilon [Luís Miguel Oliveira] (Portuguese) - -

Z At the Movies [Jake Ziegler] - -

kino-zeit.de [Florian Koch] (German) - -

London Grip [Helen Donlon] - -

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film-zeit.de [Pressespiegel] (German) - -

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OtrosCines.com [Diego Batlle] (Spanish) - -

Paste Magazine [Sean Edgar] - -

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Screen International [Jonathan Romney] - -

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Slant Magazine DVD [Ed Gonzalez] - -

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Variety.com [Justin Chang] - -

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