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Critics rate it 12 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 99% of the 930 2000s crime movies in this catalog. It runs long at 2h 35m.
Synopsis
Sentenced to six years in prison, Malik El Djebena is alone in the world and can neither read nor write. On his arrival at the prison, he seems younger and more brittle than the others detained there. At once he falls under the sway of a group of Corsicans who enforce their rule in the prison. As the 'missions' go by, he toughens himself and wins the confidence of the Corsican group.
Ratings
IMDb7.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes96%
Metacritic90/100
Critics rate it 12 points higher than audiences do.
1,780 audience votes
Key crew
- Jacques AudiardDirector
- Thomas BidegainScreenplay
- Jacques AudiardScreenplay
- Alexandre DesplatOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Tahar RahimMalik El Djebena
- Niels ArestrupCésar Luciani
- Adel BencherifRyad
- Reda KatebJordi
- Hichem YacoubiReyeb
- Jean-Philippe RicciVettori
- Gilles CohenProf
- Pierre LecciaSampierro
- Antoine BaslerPilicci
- Foued NassahAntaro
- Jean-Emmanuel PagniSanti
- Frédéric GrazianiPrison Warden
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