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14 hours ago | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »

After 15 years as a director, it's about time we recognised the talent of Jacques Audiard – even if he can be a little too entertaining at times

In Cannes last year, Jacques Audiard's Un Prophète did not win the Palme d'Or. Instead, that prize went to Michael Haneke's The White Ribbon – and some observers murmured that it was because the Audiard picture was too gripping, too entertaining, too much like an old-fashioned prison drama. It's a dilemma that might amuse Audiard, the fond son of a seasoned screenwriter who wrote some of the big French movies of the 1950s. But Un Prophète marks 15 years in Jacques Audiard's career as a director, and if he is not exactly established yet, or consistently in character, it's about time we saw fit to place him in the company of such distinguished French directors as Julien Duvivier, Jacques Becker and Jean-Pierre Melville. »

- David Thomson

6 January 2010 9:17 AM, PST | Pure Movies | See recent Pure Movies news »

Tahar Rahim, one of the most anticipated stars of 2010, talks exclusively to Garth Twa about why he was happy to go to jail.

A Prophet is a visceral, explosive new film from Jacques Audiard (The Beat That My Heart Skipped) featuring a tour-de-force performance by relative newcomer Tahar Rahim.  Rahim plays Malik El Djebena an innocent (in all respects except, well, legally) thrown into the pressure cooker of a prison who quickly learns what it takes to survive, and thrive.  The film won Best Picture at this year’s London Film Festival, the Grand  Prix at Cannes,  Best Actor at the European Film Awards, and is nominated as Best Foreign Language Film at this year’s Golden Globes.

I met with Tahar, who was gregarious and vibrant and could barely remain seated on the couch, and his interpreter (though his English was excellent) to discuss the difficulties and joys in »

- Garth Twa

2 articles from 2010