---
title: 'A Prophet (2009)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Jacques Audiard'
released: '2009-05-16'
runtime_minutes: 150
genres:
  - 'Thriller'
  - 'Crime'
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'France'
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/a-prophet-2009'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1235166/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# A Prophet (2009)

2009 · 150 min · Thriller, Crime, Drama · France, Italy

Original title: Un prophète

## Synopsis

A Prophet is a 2009 French prison crime film directed by Jacques Audiard with a screenplay by Audiard, Thomas Bidegain, Abdel Raouf Dafri and Nicolas Peufaillit, from a story by Dafri. The film stars Tahar Rahim in the title role as an imprisoned petty criminal of Algerian origin who rises in the prison hierarchy. He becomes a mob associate and drug trafficker as he is absorbed into the Corsican mafia and then ingratiates himself into the Maghrebi crime syndicate. The film was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 82nd Academy Awards.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Jacques Audiard](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-audiard)
- **Screenplay:** [Jacques Audiard](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-audiard), [Abdel Raouf Dafri](https://cinepixo.com/people/abdel-raouf-dafri), [Nicolas Peufaillit](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicolas-peufaillit), [Thomas Bidegain](https://cinepixo.com/people/thomas-bidegain)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Alexandre Desplat](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexandre-desplat)
- **Producer:** [Pascal Caucheteux](https://cinepixo.com/people/pascal-caucheteux), [Antonin Dedet](https://cinepixo.com/people/antonin-dedet), [Martine Cassinelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/martine-cassinelli)
- **Director of Photography:** [Stéphane Fontaine](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephane-fontaine)
- **Editor:** [Juliette Welfling](https://cinepixo.com/people/juliette-welfling)

## Cast

- [Farid Larbi](https://cinepixo.com/people/farid-larbi)
- [Gilles Bellomi](https://cinepixo.com/people/gilles-bellomi)
- [Karim Leklou](https://cinepixo.com/people/karim-leklou)
- [Niels Arestrup](https://cinepixo.com/people/niels-arestrup)
- [Alexandre Dumal](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexandre-dumal)
- [Jean-Emmanuel Pagni](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-emmanuel-pagni)
- [Leïla Bekhti](https://cinepixo.com/people/leila-bekhti)
- [Tahar Rahim](https://cinepixo.com/people/tahar-rahim)
- [Foued Nassah](https://cinepixo.com/people/foued-nassah)
- [Antoine Basler](https://cinepixo.com/people/antoine-basler)
- [Reda Kateb](https://cinepixo.com/people/reda-kateb)
- [Gilles Cohen](https://cinepixo.com/people/gilles-cohen)
- [Frédéric Graziani](https://cinepixo.com/people/frederic-graziani)
- [Adel Bencherif](https://cinepixo.com/people/adel-bencherif)
- [Demon One](https://cinepixo.com/people/demon-one)

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Official site: http://www.un-prophete-lefilm.com/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/a-prophet-2009
Film facts: Wikidata (Q1061541); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.