Sony Pictures Home Entertainment announced the release of A PROPHET on DVD and Blu-ray Aug 3, 2010. The Award Winning crime/drama was directed by Jacques Audiard , starring Tahar Rahim, Niels Arestrup, Adel Bencherif, Hichem Yacoubi, Reda Kateb, Gilles Cohen and Alaa Oumouzoune.
Condemned to six years in prison, Malik El Djebena, part Arab, part Corsican, cannot read or 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 currently ruling 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. Malik is a fast learner and rises up the prison ranks, all the while secretly devising his own plans…
DVD/BLU-RAY Features
•Commentary with Director Jacques Audiard, Actor Tahar Rahim and Co-Writer Thomas Bidegain
•Deleted Scenes
•Tahar Rahim Screen Tests
•Tahar Rahim & Gilles Cohen Rehearsal Footage #1
•Tahar Rahim & Gilles Cohen Rehearsal Footage #2