‘A Prophet’ is the first crime thriller of 2010 and it’s already been deemed superior to the likes of ‘Mesrine’ and ‘Public Enemies’, films that raised the bar in the genre in 2009. If you thought things couldn’t get any better, then prepare to be shaken-up by Audiard’s explosive insight into the French prison system. At the tender age of 19 Malik is sentenced to 6years for police violence. We follow him as he finds himself entering the strange and highly developed world of the professional criminal.
BY LAURA SHEARER
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