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La Promesse

La Promesse

19967.21h 34m

Overview

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.

Directed by Jean-Pierre Dardenne
Written by Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne, Alphonse Badolo
Produced by Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Jacqueline Pierreux, Claude Waringo
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Top Cast

Jérémie Renier

Jérémie Renier

Igor

Olivier Gourmet

Olivier Gourmet

Roger

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Assita Ouedraogo

Assita

Florian Delain

Florian Delain

Riri

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Hachemi Haddad

Nabil

Rasmané Ouédraogo

Rasmané Ouédraogo

Amidou

Jean-Michel Balthazar

Jean-Michel Balthazar

The Labour Inspector

Frédéric Bodson

Frédéric Bodson

The Garage Boss

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Jean-Paul Dermont

Muller

Alain Holtgen

Alain Holtgen

The Postman

Themes & Keywords

parent child relationshipmoral conflictundocumented immigrantconstruction sitetroubled teenexploited immigrants

About La Promesse

La Promesse is a drama film released in 1996 exploring themes of parent child relationship, moral conflict, undocumented immigrant, construction site, troubled teen, exploited immigrants. Directed by Jean-Pierre Dardenne, it stars Jérémie Renier, Olivier Gourmet, Assita Ouedraogo. 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.

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