"The Prophet": History of Prison Struggle

Lysanne 2021-12-15 08:01:16

The six-year prison is much shorter than those in the 10s, 20s, and even life imprisonment; for people walking in the outside world, it is quite long. But in these six years, what you can learn is far beyond the six years outside.

The prison is a melting pot, with all kinds of races and gangs full of gangs. If you are just a helpless little person, it is not your decision to survive or die. You see, even people who have been transferred in for only 10 days can be killed, which shows how dark it is. Although our male protagonist is illiterate and lacks social experience, he also understands that life is the most important thing. Even in order to survive, the first task is to kill.

In this boring environment, and still being constantly oppressed by people around you, how can you keep yourself optimistic? Imagination is very important. Who is the one who speaks with him in his fantasy... It turned out to be the person he killed, with a knife on his neck, but smoking a big cigarette, and always accompany him. The male protagonist rarely laughs, but in the imaginary illusion, he will laugh very happily. Only that is unfettered and the most beautiful.

Of course, he couldn't really be a prophet, otherwise he had calculated his future early, and he would be arrested and sent to jail. In this big prison, you can't predict your next step at all. The only thing you can do is to try to save your own life. But you can learn, learn knowledge, learn culture, and learn more about truth and experience, and mature yourself through experience. When he was in jail, he was a little Luo Luo who no one cared about. After six years, he was already the boss of the party. This was obtained by using his own wisdom, relying on his own hard work, and adding some luck. Although he is a drug lord in the end, this process is not easier than working to climb to the position of president. It is a life and death experience, and Xiaoming has been loaned to Lord Yan early.

Although this movie is very negative and dark, it has a good reputation. The reason should be the unique perspective. Not only can you see the struggle history of an ordinary person, but you can also fully show this dark corner, criminals and criminals, criminals and prison guards, there are endless stories and endless threads. However, the pace of the film is a bit slow and requires some patience. It took 2 and a half hours to finish watching.

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A Prophet quotes

  • César Luciani: You're saying I'm going to die alone here.

    Sampierro: Don't talk like that. You're not alone. You carry weight outside.

    César Luciani: And here?

  • Ryad: One day I saw a job ad. For security guard. I didn't have a dog, so I bought one secondhand. I didn't know, so I got a rottweiler. Know what they're like? And his name was Tyson. He came with the name Tyson. He was humongous! See this? This was the size of his poops. He took enormous dumps. Bigger than mine. So I work in a store. A big supermarket. I leave the dog to sniff around. I go outside for a cigarette. Then I try to go back in. I couldn't. He didn't always recognize me.

    Malik El Djebena: Your own dog?

    Ryad: But he was crazy. Tyson was a psycho. I go inside and he comes charging towards me. I panic, reach out my arm. He grabs me like this. I take out my mace, spray him. He lets go. I run out, scared shitless. What do I do? I leave him inside. Soon the employees start coming. I didn't know they used a back door to go inside. The hound had a field day. He tore every last one to pieces.