| Academy Awards, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Nominated | Oscar | Best Foreign Language Film of the Year France. |
Sony Pictures Classics
Directed by Jacques Audiard
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Blu-ray, DVD, Sony)
(Starz)
A teenage prisoner is sent to the "big house" where he becomes the pawn of an Italian mobster. He is forced to kill or be killed, and carries out a hit on another prisoner in cold blood. He is rewarded by the Italians by becoming a protected member of their gang. Later, he earns leave from the prison and uses his time to not only carry out more hits for the Italians but start his own criminal empire. Punctuated by graphic violence and populated by unlikeable characters, it is nonetheless a fascinating portrait of one young man's struggle to find his place in the hellish world of a French prison. Tahar Rahim gives a bravura performance.
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