Malik El Djebena (Tahar Rahim) is a complete nobody.
He has no family, friends, enemies, vocation or religion.
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The brief is clear: Malik must grow and adapt, and he does.
These figurative flights make the fact that Malik leads something a charmed life easier to swallow.
Part of this is down to Maliks portrayal, and the intimacy that Rahim brings to the role.
A Prophetis an early contender for 2010s best film.
It achieves all this without ever becoming predictable, or easy to pin down.
A Prophet opens Friday, January 22nd in the UK.
Rating:
4 out of 5
