English title is "4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days". I saw it several months ago and thought it excellent.
Just watched "Un prophète" -- English "A Prophet" -- French with English subtitles.
Newcomer Tahar Rahim plays Malik El Djebena, a 19 year-old Arab guy about to start a six-year stretch in prison for what appears to be violence against police ÂÂofficers. Malik is very frightened, cringing almost visibly into his clothes.
His apparent vulnerability catches the eye of César, the Corsican mobster with the guards in his pocket – incomparably played by Niels Arestrup. César needs someone to whack a fellow prisoner. who is about to incriminate his ÂÂassociates on the outside by turning state's ÂÂwitness. Guess who he chooses to be the whacker?
Excellent -- goes well beyond the usual prison picture cliche.
-redwood