Abdel Raouf Dafri (born 13 August 1964 in Marseille and raised near Lille) is a César Award winning French film and television scriptwriter. Born in a family of Algerian descent and created his first television series La Commune which was aired in 2007 on French television. Source: Article "Abdel Raouf Dafri" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
A documentary that chronicles how ‘A Prophet’ came to exist.
Release Date2010-02-17
Charactersd Self
The Commune is a difficult district which holds all the records in terms of unemployment, drug trafficking and crime. After 20 years in prison, the charismatic Muslim leader Isham Amadi decides to return to his home neighborhood where he finds his childhood friend, now the local boss, Housmane Daoud. The inhabitants of the Commune have just learned that the dilapidated buildings in which they reside will be razed to make room for new housing. Suspecting a maneuver by the authorities to cleanse the city of its most "harmful" elements, some residents, gathered around Amadi, organize resistance. But behind this politico-media confrontation looms a latent and murderous turf war: the one between the two enemy brothers Daoud and Amadi, linked by a twenty-year-old crime ...
Release Date2007-11-26
DepartmentCreator
JobCreator
Vote Count2
When two of his countrymen - arms dealers - are kidnapped, a German police investigator is sent to Algiers in search of them. Beginning a steamy affair with an Algerian prosecutor investigating the case for her country probably wasn't the best idea, but as the pair go deeper, they uncover a corruption scandal testing their loyalty to their nations and to each other.
Release Date2022-02-17
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count4
Vote Count6
Based on the Academy Award nominated film by EMILIA PÉREZ’s director Jacques Audiard, A PROPHET is a visceral, riveting crime drama about a young African immigrant's rise to power in Marseille’s brutal underworld.
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Episode Count8
Sentenced to six years in prison, Malik El Djebena is alone in the world and can neither read nor write. On his arrival at the prison, he seems younger and more brittle than the others detained there. At once he falls under the sway of a group of Corsicans who enforce their rule in the prison. As the 'missions' go by, he toughens himself and wins the confidence of the Corsican group.
Release Date2009-08-26
DepartmentWriting
JobOriginal Story
Vote Count1598
Jacques Mesrine, a loyal son and dedicated soldier, is back home and living with his parents after serving in the Algerian War. Soon he is seduced by the neon glamour of sixties Paris and the easy money it presents. Mentored by Guido, Mesrine turns his back on middle class law-abiding and soon moves swiftly up the criminal ladder.
Release Date2008-10-22
DepartmentWriting
JobAdaptation
Vote Count948
After nearly two decades of legendary criminal feats, making him France's most notorious criminal while simultaneously feeding his desire for media attention and public adoration, Mesrine becomes increasingly paranoid and isolated, leading to a dramatic confrontation with the law that ultimately seals his fate as the nation's most infamous public enemy.
Release Date2008-11-19
DepartmentWriting
JobAdaptation
Vote Count897
A story centered on a man who works as an informant for the French border patrol.
Release Date2013-09-11
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count85
1959, France. Colonel Breitner is given a secret mission : find the body of his former aide, Colonel Delignières, who is reported missing in French Algeria, before the French army burns the whole place to the ground. Breitner puts together a team of five outlaws, who are promised freedom if the mission succeeds.
Release Date2019-12-17
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count46
A man, who after falling under the control of a ruthless mobster while in prison, builds a multiracial crime syndicate, takes down his mentor, and earns a place for his crew alongside the Italian and Russian mafias. It’s a progressive crime saga for a new generation.
DepartmentWriting
JobOriginal Story