Condemned to six years in prison, Malik El Djebena cannot read nor write. Arriving at the jail entirely alone, he appears younger and more fragile than the other convicts. He is 19 years old. Cornered by the leader of the Corsican gang who rules the prison, 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…
Jacques Audiard
Director and screenwriter, he wrote and directed Regarde les hommes tomber (See How They Fall, 1994), Un héros très discret (A Self-Made Hero, 1996), Norme Française (1998), Sur mes lèvres (Read My Lips, 2001), De battre mon coeur s’est arrêté (The Beat That My Heart Missed, 2005), present in the Backwash retrospective at this year’s San Sebastian Festival, and Un Prophète (A Prophet), winner of the Grand Jury Prize at Cannes Festival 2009.
Director:
Jacques Audiard
Screenplay:
Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain
Argumento:
Abdel Raouf Dafri, Nicolas Peufaillit
Production:
Why Not Productions
Co-Production:
Chic Films/Page 114/France 2 Cinéma/UGC/BIM Distribuzione/Celluloid Dreams
Photography:
Stéphane Fontaine
Edition:
Juliette Welfling
Music:
Alexandre Desplat
Cast:
Tahar Rahim, Niels Arestrup, Adel Bencherif, Reda Kateb, Hichem Yacoubi
Sales:
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Running Time:
154 m.
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