La Promesse (1996)1h34
Drama
Director Jean-Pierre Dardenne (6.9 avg)
Also directed Two Days, One Night, The Kid with a Bike, The Unknown Girl, and 17 more
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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Cast
Jérémie Renier
Olivier Gourmet- Assita Ouedraogo
Florian Delain- Hachemi Haddad
Rasmané Ouédraogo
Jean-Michel Balthazar
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