TV Guide: Niels Arestrup

Video: Trailer

Trailer Addict — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500

The trailer for A Prophet. Jacques Audiard s A Prophet traces the journey of a young Arab man, who becomes a mafia kingpin after he is sent to a French prison.

Video: RCD - TIFF Premiere

Trailer Addict — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Coverage of the premiere of A Prophet at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival, as presented by Red Carpet Diary.

Video: The Diving Bell And The Butterfly

Starz — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Synopsis: "The Diving Bell & The Butterfly" is the incredible true story of a paralyzed man who could only control one muscle - his eyelid - and how he used that to write his wildly imaginative inner life story. A life-affirming award-winner!

Video: Teaser Trailer

Trailer Addict — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500

The teaser trailer for A Prophet courtesy of Quiet Earth. A Prophet is currently at the Cannes Film Festival. Condemned to six years in prison, Malik El Djebena cannot read nor write. Arriving at the jail entirely alone, he appears younger and more fragile than the other convicts. He is 19 years old. Cornered by the leader of the Corsican gang who rules the prison, he is given a number of "missions" to carry out, toughening him up and gaining the gang leader s confidence in the process. But Malik is brave and a fast learner, daring to secretly develop his own plans...

Video: The Beat That My Heart Skipped Trailer #1

AOL Moviefone — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0500

A man finds his heart and soul torn between loyalty to his family and a need to be redeemed from his violent lifestyle in this powerful drama from France. Tom (Romain Duris) is a man in his early thirties who finds himself caught between two very different worlds. Tom loves music, and longs to have a career as a concert pianist; he also has talent, and is taking advanced music lessons from Miao-Lin (Linh Dan Pham). But Tom supports himself working as a collection agent for his father, Robert (Niels Arestrup), a mid-level gangster and loan shark, as well as helping Sami (Gilles Cohen) and Fabrice (Jonathan Zaccai), two of Robert's cronies who put together crooked real-estate deals. Tom's hair-trigger temper makes it easy for him to adapt to the violent life of a gangster's muscle man, but he wants to give his creative side a chance to grow, and struggles to get his skills in order for an audition with a concert promoter interested in his music. Tom is also walking on a wire with his emp