Though Jacques Audiard’s A Prophet (Un Prophete) led all films with six European Film Award nominations, Michael Haneke’s The White Ribbon (Das Weisse Band) prevailed in the top prizes just as it did at Cannes earlier this year.
In addition to A Prophet, The White Ribbon beat out Andrea Arnold’s terrific Fish Tank, Tomas Alfredson’s Let [...]

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This UK Trailer for France’s official Best Foreign Language Oscar submission is the first one that makes me believe it might be worth of the hype it’s been getting since Cannes. There may have been a foreign language trailer floating around somewhere that I missed, but the only one I’ve seen was back in May.
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Jacques Audiard’s Palme d’Or runner-up A Prophet took the inaugural Star of London award at the just concluded BFI London Film Festival. John Hillcoat’s The Road received a special mention.
France’s official selection for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar, A Prophet is set for a US release on February 26, 2010.
Audiard’s fifth feature in a [...]

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Jacques Audiard’s A Prophet (Un Prophéte), one of the current favorites among the bloggering class to win the Palme d’Or, has been picked up for distribution in North America, South America and Australia by Sony Pictures Classics.
Check out the trailer here or read what some of the critics have been saying here.
No word yet on [...]

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By way of Quiet Earth, First Showing’s Alex Billington brings us the first trailer for the latest film from Jacques Audiard (Read My Lips, The Beat That My Heart Skipped).

A Prophet, which premiered in competition at Cannes on Saturday to good reviews, tells the story of a young French-Arab who rises through the criminal ranks [...]

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