iW Says: Go See “A Prophet”

French director Jacques Audiard’s (center) “A Prophet” was one of our favorite films in Cannes this past May. And quite honestly, we were a bit shocked it didn’t make this year’s New York Film Festival line up… The clever hard-nosed gangster film set in a French prison blew away audiences there and even won won the festival’s Grand Prix prize and attendees compared it constantly to Scorsese’s “Goodfellas.” Oh well, NYFF’s loss is TIFF’s gain we suppose. Pictured with Audiard is the film’s star, splendidly played by Tahar Rahim (left) and writer, Thomas Bidegain.