The Promise (1996)

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(8538)

Country: Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Tunisia
Genres: Drama
Release: 1997-05-16
Director: Jean-Pierre Dardenne , Luc Dardenne
Writers: Luc Dardenne , Jean-Pierre Dardenne , Leon Michaux , Alphonse Badolo
Language: French | Romanian
Stars: Jérémie Renier , Olivier Gourmet , Assita Ouedraogo , Jean-Michel Balthazar , Frédéric Bodson , Katarzyna Chrzanowska , Florian Delain , Jean-Paul Dermont , Hachemi Haddad , Alain Holtgen
Runtime: 90 min
Awards: 17 wins & 5 nominations
AKA: Η υπόσχεση (Greece) , イゴールの約束 (Japan) , Løftet (Norway) , Обещанието (Bulgaria) , The Promise , Obietnica (Poland) , La promesse (Belgium) , Obećanje (Serbia) , La promesse (France, French Republic) , La promesse (Italy) , La promesse , Ett löfte (Sweden) , The Promise (United Kingdom) , The Promise , A Promessa (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , La promesa (Argentina) , Söz (Turkey) , Обещание (Russian Federation) , La Promesse (United Kingdom) , La promesse - løftet (Denmark) , A Promessa (Brazil) , Lupaus (Finland) , Az ígéret (Hungary) , The Promise (United States of America) , La promesse (Luxembourg) , La promesa (Spain) , La Promesse (United States of America)
Plot:
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.
IMDB:tt0117398