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May 16, 1997 · The Promise. Roger uses his son Igor to ruthlessly traffic and exploit undocumented immigrants. When one of the immigrants is killed, Igor is guilt-ridden and wants to care for the dead man's family against his father's orders.
Aug 14, 2012 · Filmed in the Dardennes’ industrial hometown of Seraing, Belgium, La promesse is a brilliantly economical and observant tale of a boy’s troubled moral awakening. La promesse is the breakthrough feature from Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne, who would go on to become a force in world filmmaking.
Roger (Olivier Gourmet) uses his 15-year-old son, Igor (Jérémie Renier), to help traffic, house and ruthlessly exploit illegal immigrants in Belgium. When African immigrant Amidou (Rasmane ...
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La promesse. Directed by Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne • 1996 • Belgium. Starring Jérémie Renier, Olivier Gourmet, Assita Ouédraogo. LA PROMESSE is the breakthrough feature from Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne, who would go on to become a force in world filmmaking.
Aug 14, 2012 · La promesse, which began life with the working title Le soupirail (The Basement Window), was a script written to be incinerated in “the fire of the film,” as Luc wrote in his diary in August of 1993.
Sep 4, 2017 · I’ll never forget screaming at Igor (Jérémie Renier) to leave Roger (Olivier Gourmet) during the climactic sequence of Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne’s 1996 masterpiece, “La Promesse.” It was at that precise moment when I realized that the Dardenne Brothers were the modern masters of suspense.
The Promise is a film directed by Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne with Jérémie Rénier, Olivier Gourmet, Assita Ouédraogo, Frederic Bodson .... Year: 1996. Original title: La promesse. Synopsis: Hailed by many critics as one of the top ten films of the year, The Promise is the extraordinary story of a boy's ascendance to grace.