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La Promesse (1996)
Directed by Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
Drama · 1h 34m
Igor, aged 15, and his father Roger deal in housing and peddling illicit labor in the outlying districts of Liege, Belgium. Scams, lies and swindling rule their lives. When one of his father’s illegal workers gets injured on the job and asks Igor to promise to take care of his wife and baby, Igor finds himself at a crossroad. He wants to keep the promise, but the price would be to betray his father.
Cast
Jérémie Renier
Igor
Olivier Gourmet
Roger
A
Assita Ouedraogo
Assita
Florian Delain
Riri
H
Hachemi Haddad
Nabil
Rasmané Ouédraogo
Amidou
Jean-Michel Balthazar
The Labour Inspector
Frédéric Bodson
The Garage Boss
J
Jean-Paul Dermont
Muller
Alain Holtgen
The Postman
Geneviève Joly-Provost
Geneviève
R
Rifi Kythouka
The Seer
Crew
- Director
- Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
- Writer
- Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne, Alphonse Badolo, Leon Michaux
- Editor
- Marie-Hélène Dozo
- Producer
- Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Claude Waringo, Hassen Daldoul, Luc Dardenne, Jacqueline Pierreux
Details
- Release date
- 1996-08-07
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- FR
- Spoken languages
- French, Romanian
- Countries
- Belgium, Luxembourg, Tunisia
- Production
- Les Films du Fleuve, Touza Productions, Samsa Film, RTBF