A masterpiece, Un Prophete has the ambition, purity of vision and clarity of purpose to make it an instant classic. With seamless and imaginative story-telling, superb performances and universal themes, Jacques Audiard has made a perfect film.
ANJELICA HUSTON, JURY CHAIR LONDON IFF

The film shows Audiard to be the biggest beast in new French cinema.
THE GUARDIAN
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Audiard reaches a new level with this impeccably modulated prison drama. This is exhilarating filmmaking, a movie which instantly takes its place alongside the greats of the crime movie genre.
THE TIMES
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A Prophet is an astonishingly detailed crime drama that could end up being this year’s Gomorra, but although it’s arguably more accessible.
EMPIRE MAGAZINE
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A smart, stylishly-directed and compulsively watchable thriller.
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH

A Prophet is a compelling, forceful drama.
TOTAL FILM
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A Prophet works both as hard-edged, painstaking detailed social realism and as a compelling genre entertainment.
SCREEN INTERNATIONAL
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French master Jacques Audiard has challenged the thus-far mostly middling Cannes competition with a powerful prison drama that’s an old-fashioned Bildungsroman in in-your-face, intensely realistic disguise.
THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
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‘A Prophet’ is never less than believable, thoughtful and, although very uncomfortable at points, incredibly entertaining.
TIME OUT
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