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La Promesse
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1996 film by Luc Dardenne, Jean-Pierre Dardenne
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7.2Igor, 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.
Released: 1996-08-0794 minDir: Jean-Pierre DardenneDrama
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Cast
- Jérémie Renier as Igor
- Olivier Gourmet as Roger
- Assita Ouedraogo as Assita
- Florian Delain as Riri
- Hachemi Haddad as Nabil
- Rasmané Ouédraogo as Amidou
Themes
- parent child relationship
- moral conflict
- undocumented immigrant
- construction site
- troubled teen
- exploited immigrants
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- France
- Original language
- French
- Director
- Jean-Pierre Dardenne
- Screenwriter
- Jean-Pierre Dardenne
- Producer
- Luc Dardenne
- Cinematographer
- Alain Marcoen
- Narrative location
- Belgium
- Filming location
- Belgium
- Duration
- 90
- FilmAffinity ID
- 140135
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1996-10-16
- film editor
- Marie-Hélène Dozo
- title
- La Promesse
- nominated for
- Satellite Award for Best Foreign Language Film
- distributed by
- Netflix
- review score
- 95%
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Available in 14 languages
- Español
- Français
- Deutsch
- Русский
- Italiano
- Basque
- Haitian Creole
- Luxembourgish
- Nederlands
- Svenska
- Ukrainian
- Welsh
- فارسی
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