No one is a real prophet, and the "prophet" in the title refers to the male protagonist.
Nearly 2 months late for the film review, I watched this film with a slow rhythm and a depressing atmosphere for more than 150 minutes under a special opportunity. It tells the story of a 19-year-old Arab teenager growing up in prison with nothing. From the content point of view, it seems to have nothing to do with the film's title prophet, so who is the prophet?
----No one is a true prophet
In the film, the male protagonist Ma Ma's choice due to circumstances and the helplessness of each character driven by fate are in great contrast to the title of the film. The man who has nothing has to submit to Lu Zhe in order to survive; while the prison boss Lu Zhe has someone inside and outside, his heart is higher than the sky, but he can't escape from the cell and is subject to the boss Makayi; when the male protagonist kidnapped Makayi, at that moment he The life and death of the hero is completely in the hands of the male protagonist; and the male protagonist's friend Li Yi can't get rid of the devour of the disease... So who is the eternal boss, and who can completely control his own life and death?
---- "The Prophet" of the Self
In psychology there is a term called self-fulfilling prophecy. The success of the male protagonist seems to be accidental, but in fact it is the realization of a strategic self-prophecy, and the ending of becoming a boss is an inevitable result. Personally, I think there are two core lines in the whole film. One is what Rhine said to the male protagonist when he was learning knowledge before he died, "Be a useful person when planning out." The male protagonist realizes that he has to have knowledge and ability to have a future. Therefore, every time he is treated unfairly, every time he feels humiliated physically and mentally, he will redouble his studies and seize all opportunities, resources and contacts. Another sentence is when someone asks him what you do for Lu Zhe, he says "I do things for myself". Every step of his action and plan is self-aware, and Lu Zhe's suppression motivates the male protagonist to grow up and adapt to the environment quickly.
The most magical point in the film is the communication between the killed Rhine soul and the male protagonist. I think Rhine is the male protagonist's fictional existence, the male protagonist's alter ego, subconsciously guiding the male protagonist to realize the prophecy and the catharsis of his emotions. Finally, when the male protagonist truly grasps the situation and realizes his expectations, this The ego no longer appears.
Therefore, I think the prophet in the title refers to the male protagonist, but the film actually describes the process of realizing the self-prophecy of a small character under the irreversible objective circumstances.
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