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Released
2009 · FILM

A Prophet

A young Algerian inmate must navigate a brutal prison hierarchy, aligning with a ruthless Corsican gang to survive and rise in power while risking his soul.

“Escaping the prison of life.”

Directed by
Jacques Audiard, Vincent Dachet
Written by
Thomas Bidegain, Jacques Audiard
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
155 min
Language
FR
CrimeDrama
Streaming on
  • Paramount+

Synopsis

Malik El Djebena is serving a six-year prison sentence and has no family or support outside the prison. Illiterate and upon his arrival at the facility, he appears younger and more fragile than the other inmates. He quickly comes under the influence of a dominant Corsican gang within the prison. As he carries out various "missions," he gradually becomes more hardened and earns the trust of the Corsican group.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 243+ credited

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Juliette WelflingShot by Stephane FontaineScored by Alexandre DesplatDesigned by Michel BarthelemySound by Marc DoisneCostumes by Virginie MontelStunts by Stephane BoulayVFX by Martial Vallanchon

Box Office

2009 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.4× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$17.9M

Budget$13.0M
Worldwide gross$17.9M
break-even (2.5×)

Also known as

  • Ein Prophetde
  • A Propheten
  • Un profetaes
  • Il profetait

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