Malik, a 19-year-old Franco-Algerian, begins a six-year prison sentence in Brécourt, hoping to serve his time peacefully. Despite being illiterate and having no support outside, he's forced to join the Corsican mafia, led by the sadistic César Luciani, to survive. As Malik navigates the treacherous prison dynamics, he must balance his desire to cooperate with the need to protect himself from the other inmates and his own moral code.

A Prophet
A newly imprisoned Algerian struggles to adapt to a foreign prison environment, facing the complexities of his new life in a French prison.