Nominated at last year’s Academy Awards for “Best Foreign Language Film,” Director Jacques Audiard’s gritty Belgian drama, A Prophet, is finally being released on DVD this week. Dark and deeply moving, the film follows 19-year-old loner Malik (Tahar Rahim, 2009 European Film Award winner for Best Actor), after he is sentenced to six years in prison. Arriving at the jail, he is cornered by the leader of the ruling Corsican gang (Niels Arestrup, 2009 César Award winner for Best Supporting Actor) and forced to carry out a number of dangerous missions including drug trafficking and brutal hits. Over time, Malik is able to earn the gang leader’s confidence and rise up the prison ranks, all the while secretly devising his own plans to rise up a gang of his own.

Likened by critics to The Godfather, this Belgian film won the Grand Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film, in addition to its Oscar nod.

The film is being released on DVD today (with a wealth of delightful extras including actor screen tests and rehearsal footage) and we want to give Corduroy readers a chance to take home a copy for themselves. Find out how to enter, and check out more photos from the movie after the jump.

To enter to win a copy of A Prophet on DVD, simply tweet us at twitter.com/corduroymag and tell us why you should win. Winners will be chosen at random and notified at the end of the week. Good luck!