| Summary: | <p class="Keyword">Considering that film is a form
of social practice, it mostly brings social topic to be discussed. In this
context, a film is a tool to talk about the problems within the society. Topic
about power relation in certain social arena is present in Un prophète (The
Prophet), directed by Jacques Audiard. This film tells a story about Malik
El-Diebena living behind the bars for six years. In the prison, El-Diebena, who
is the part of Arabian community, has had conflict with César Luciani, the
leader of Corsican community. He had to find a strategy to fight against César.
This article talks about power relation among the characters to fight against
social structure based on the narrative and cinematographic aspects by using
the concept of power relation by Pierre Bourdieu. The film provides the social hierarchy of the
characters based on the capitals that apply in the prison as social arena.
Bourdieu’s concept also shows the power exchange between them. This interaction
depends on the amounts of the capitals that each characters have. The result explains the power system between
the characters and the social arena regarding the capital accumulation hold in
prison. The social capitals lead to the position shifts in this arena. The text
portrays the characters’ efforts to obtain the capitals that are necessaries in
the power exchange.</p>
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