Feb 10, 2010 Bluefield (Calcutta Tube): A limited version of ‘A Prophet’, a 2009 English movie directed by Jacques Audiard with Tahar Rahim, Niels Arestrup in the cast. The film is about an Arab who is sent to prison where he becomes a mafia kingpin. The film won 8 awards and got 13 nominations among which were nominations for the Oscar, BAFTA.
Movie Info
Genre: Drama / Crime
Country: France / Italy
Rating: USA:R (certificate #45559) / Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) / Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) / Ireland:16 / UK:18 / Argentina:16 / Portugal:M/16 / Netherlands:16 / France:-12 / South Korea:18
Language: French / Arabic / Corsican
Runtime: 155 min / France:150 min
MPAA: Rated R for strong violence, sexual content, nudity, language and drug material.
Cast/Crew:
Directed by
Jacques Audiard
Writers
Screenplay
Thomas Bidegain and
Jacques Audiard
Original screenplay
Abdel Raouf Dafri and
Nicolas Peufaillit
Producers
Lauranne Bourrachot … producer
Martine Cassinelli … producer
Marco Cherqui … producer
Antonin Dedet … line producer
Cast – in credits order
Tahar Rahim … Malik El Djebena
Niels Arestrup … César Luciani
Adel Bencherif … Ryad
Hichem Yacoubi … Reyeb
Reda Kateb … Jordi
Jean-Philippe Ricci … Vettori
Gilles Cohen … Prof
Antoine Basler … Pilicci
Leïla Bekhti … Djamila
Pierre Leccia … Sampierro
Foued Nassah … Antaro
Jean-Emmanuel Pagni … Santi
Frédéric Graziani … Chef de détention
Slimane Dazi … Lattrache
Rabah Loucif … L’avocat de Malik
Serge Onteniente¹ … Le juge d’application des peines
Hervé Temime … Le procureur
Taha Lemaizi … Hassan
Mohamed Makhtoumi … Tarik
Karim Leklou … Musulman couloir
Farid Larbi … Musulman couloir
Doula Niang … Musulman couloir
Mamadou Minte … Latif
Guillaume Verdier … Michka
Mourad Frarema … Khalid
Zohra Benali … La mère de Mohamed
Sabar Kabbouchi … Travailleur social
Eric Badoc … Travailleur social
François De Courcelle … Travailleur social
Nathanaël Maïni … Garde Sampierro
Charles Maestracci … Corse
Laurent Blanquet … Corse
Jean-Pierre Guinebert … Corse
Pascal Henault … Ceccaldi
Hakim Sid … Le chimique
Kamel Labroudi … Un auxi
Mustapha Benstiti … Caillera
Alain Raymond … Gardien fouille
Franck Xabrame … Maton cour d’honneur
Didier de Backer … Gardien fouille
Patrick Mochen … Gardien fouille
Gilles Bellomi … Gardien
Malaïc Mekeri … Belmont
Fadil Kadri … Policier enquête
David Dupays … Policier commissariat
Arsène Benziane … L’Ours
Kamel Ferrat … Chauffeur Lattrache
Karim Traikia … Collègue Lattrache
Cindy Danel … Sophie
Abdelaziz Mahtou … Mohamed Gazil
Alexandre de Seze … Chef du centre d’appels
Kamel Saadi … Un Arabe
Slim El Hedli … Un Arabe
Farid Elouardi … Un Arabe
Veronica Ghio … La blonde de Marbella
Other credited cast listed alphabetically
Sonia Hell … Une matonne (uncredited)
Salem Kali … Prisonnier rebelle (uncredited)
Franck Pech … Gardien de prison (uncredited)
Alaa Safi … Prisonnier rebelle (uncredited)
Original Music
Alexandre Desplat
Cinematographers
Stéphane Fontaine (director of photography)
Editors
Juliette Welfling
Casting Directors
Richard Rousseau
Release Dates
France – 16 May 2009 (Cannes Film Festival)
Poland – 1 August 2009 (Film and Art Festival Two Riversides)
Belgium – 26 August 2009
France – 26 August 2009
USA – 5 September 2009 (Telluride Film Festival)
Spain – 22 September 2009 (Donostia-San Sebastian International Film Festival)
Thailand – 25 September 2009 (Bangkok International Film Festival)
Canada – 30 September 2009 (Edmonton International Film Festival)
Canada – 4 October 2009 (Calgary Film Festival)
Russia – 8 October 2009
Canada – 10 October 2009 (Vancouver International Film Festival)
UK – 24 October 2009 (London Film Festival)
Austria – 25 October 2009 (Vienna International Film Festival)
Greece – 30 October 2009 (Panorama of European Cinema)
Argentina – 9 November 2009 (Mar del Plata Film Festival)
Hungary – 12 November 2009
Kazakhstan – 13 November 2009
Canada – 20 November 2009 (European Union Film Festival)
Spain – 21 November 2009 (Festival Internacional de Cinema Negre de Manresa)
Canada – 28 November 2009 (Ottawa European Union Film Festival)
Greece – 3 December 2009
Canada – 5 December 2009 (Vancouver European Union Film Festival)
United Arab Emirates – 10 December 2009 (Dubai International Film Festival)
Egypt – 18 December 2009 (Panorama of European Film)
Portugal – 31 December 2009
USA – January 2010 (Sundance Film Festival)
Lebanon – 1 January 2010 (limited)
UK – 22 January 2010
Netherlands – 30 January 2010 (International Film Festival Rotterdam)
Netherlands – 4 February 2010
USA – 12 February 2010 (limited)
Argentina – 25 February 2010
Spain – 26 February 2010
Germany – 11 March 2010
Israel – 11 March 2010
Taiwan – 12 March 2010
Finland – 19 March 2010
Brazil – 9 May 2010
Awards/Nominations:
Academy Awards, USA
2010
• Nominated, Oscar
Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
• France.
BAFTA Awards
2010
• Nominated, BAFTA Film Award
Best Film Not in the English Language
Pascal Caucheteux, Marco Cherqui, Alix Raynaud, Jacques Audiard
Cannes Film Festival
2009
• Won, Grand Prize of the Jury
Jacques Audiard
• Nominated, Golden Palm
Jacques Audiard
European Film Awards
2009
• Won, European Film Award
Best Actor
Tahar Rahim
• Won, European Film Award
Prix d’Excellence
Brigitte Taillandier, Francis Wargnier, Jean-Paul Hurier, Marc Doisne
• For the sound design.
• Nominated, European Film Award
Best Film
• Nominated, European Film Award
Best Director
Jacques Audiard
• Nominated, European Film Award
Best Screenwriter
Jacques Audiard, Abdel Raouf Dafri, Thomas Bidegain, Nicolas Peufaillit
• Nominated, European Film Award
Best Cinematographer
Stéphane Fontaine
Golden Globes, USA
2010
• Nominated, Golden Globe
Best Foreign Language Film
Independent Spirit Awards
2010
• Nominated, Independent Spirit Award
Best Foreign Film
Jacques Audiard
London Critics Circle Film Awards
2010
• Nominated, ALFS Award
Film of the Year
• Nominated, ALFS Award
Foreign Language Film of the Year
• Nominated, ALFS Award
Director of the Year
Jacques Audiard
• Nominated, ALFS Award
Screenwriter of the Year
Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain
• Nominated, ALFS Award
Actor of the Year
Tahar Rahim
London Film Festival
2009
• Won, Festival Prize
Best Film
• Won, Best Film
Jacques Audiard
Lumiere Awards, France
2010
• Won, Lumiere Award
Best Director
Jacques Audiard
• Won, Lumiere Award
Best Actor
Tahar Rahim
National Board of Review, USA
2009
• Won, NBR Award
Best Foreign Language Film