Summer 2009, the young Tahar Rahim made his sensational entry into the world of cinema with a prophet. The French public discovers an actor with a quasi-instinctive acting in this drama directed by Jacques Audiard. A masterful performance awarded the César for best actor and the start of an international career. Today he is in the running for the 79th Golden Globes, with the miniseries The snake, where he plays the manipulative killer Charles Sobhraj.
Bernard Roy, owner of a cinema in Belfort, remembers the young Tahar in the 90s. He squatted in his dark rooms, long before enjoying success on the big screen. “When I saw him looking at the screen, I knew he would have liked to be behind “, remembers the owner. The budding actor marked Bernard Roy, but not always for the right reasons.
“He was public enemy number one. The number of times I caught him in the room without going through the cash register, but we never managed to catch him, he was as clever as possible“, recalls the manager with nostalgia.
After this cat and mouse game, the cinema owner loses sight of Tahar Rahim for several years. It is by chance that he will find him, “while passing at Gare de Lyon on all the gondolas, I see his face, it was the exit of the Prophet. And now he is among the grown-ups, with an international career and some thirty films “, rejoices Bernard Roy. Since then, the manager has followed with interest the filmography of the actor, Samba at The Cut, and carefully keep a photo of him alongside the former “kid Belfortain”.
Tahar Rahim hopes to continue his American conquest, by winning the Golden Globe for best actor, thanks to the Netflix miniseries, The snake. Verdict Sunday, January 9 at 6 p.m. in the United States and on the night from Sunday to Monday, around 3 a.m. for France.
79th Golden Globes, exclusively online, Sunday, January 9.