Comments on: Un Prophète [A Prophet, Jacques Audiard 2009] http://www.cynephile.com/2010/02/un-prophete-a-prophet-jacques-audiard-2009/ "The cinema is cruel like a miracle." -Frank O'Hara Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:34:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: no manifesto http://www.cynephile.com/2010/02/un-prophete-a-prophet-jacques-audiard-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-32 no manifesto Thu, 25 Feb 2010 06:58:33 +0000 http://www.cynephile.com/?p=299#comment-32 Wow! So glad to see you write about this film. I loved this film so much I watched it two nights in a row. I found the depiction of Malik's identity very interesting. He is not religious, instead he is "a prophet" who follows his own visions. The film manages to depict muslims in a sympathetic light (despite that in the film they are criminals, drug dealers, killers) without really glorifying Islam (except perhaps its mystical aspects). Wow! So glad to see you write about this film. I loved this film so much I watched it two nights in a row.

I found the depiction of Malik’s identity very interesting. He is not religious, instead he is “a prophet” who follows his own visions. The film manages to depict muslims in a sympathetic light (despite that in the film they are criminals, drug dealers, killers) without really glorifying Islam (except perhaps its mystical aspects).

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