Juvenile Swordsman

Jeffery 2021-12-15 08:01:16

A prison film close to the realistic style has a more profound depiction of the corruption inside the prison. Although the underground order has been heard for a long time, it still feels shuddering when I see it on the screen. No wonder I have heard it before. , There are some things that ordinary people can never do. One of them is going to jail. The prison life on the screen is already so scary, let alone really touch the real underground order, it will be It's definitely not as romantic as "Prison Break" and other works. . .
Although the film is excellent, it is a pity that the two-and-a-half hour length and a lot of political and racial factors, coupled with the boring and lethargic French, make it difficult for people to maintain a high level throughout the entire screening process of this film. Concentrated spirit. . .
The male protagonist, the young French actor Taha Rahim, performed very eye-catchingly. Many stages require his one-man show to prop up the whole scene and atmosphere. The task is completed very well, and the performance is very mature, unlike a movie scene. Newcomer. At the 22nd European Film Festival, he won the best actor award for this film, which more or less made up for Cannes’s regret that he did not get the award. . .

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  • Alfreda 2022-04-21 09:02:19

    prophecy about your father

  • Travon 2021-12-15 08:01:16

    Not pretending to be cool

A Prophet quotes

  • Jordi: I like porn set in castles. The girls are fancier, cleaner.

  • Jordi: When you get out, what'll you do?

    Malik El Djebena: I don't know. You?

    Jordi: Same thing as in here, only bigger.

    Malik El Djebena: Hash?

    Jordi: Yeah, hash. I'll move big loads. Marbella-Paris, three cars. Six hundred kilos each trip.

    [pause]

    Jordi: Don't believe me?

    Malik El Djebena: No, I'm just trying to picture six hundred kilos.

    Jordi: It's like this.

    [Jordi holds hash up to his eyes]

    Jordi: You can't see anything behind it.