La Promesse Movie Review 1996

Fifteen-year-old Igor (Renier) helps his disreputable father Roger (Gourmet) run an illegal immigrant operation in the Beligan town of Liege. African immigrant Amidou (Ouedraogo) has just been joined by his wife Assita (Ouedraogo) and their baby. When Amidou dies in an accident, Roger forces Igor to help him bury the body secretly and tells the bewildered wife that her husband has left her. But Igor is caught in the middle--he'd promised the dying Amidou to look after Assita and he still has enough conscience to want to help--but it also puts Igor into a dangerous conflict with his father. French with subtitles.

Distribution

New Yorker Video, 16 W. 61st St., 11th Fl., New York, NY 10023, Phone: (212)645-4600, Toll-free: 800-447-0196, Fax: (212)645-3030, Email: info@newyorkerfilms.com, URL: http://www.newyorkerfilms.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 93 minutes.
Originally from French, Belgian.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Teen Angst, Bad Dads, Immigration

Screenplay

Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne

Cast

Jeremie Renier, Olivier Gourmet, Assita Ouedraogo, Rasmane Ouedraogo

Cinematography

Alain Marcoen

Director

Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne

Music

Jean-Marie Billy

Producer

Luc Dardenne, Hassan Daldoul, Les Film du Fleuve, Touza Productions, Samsa Films, New Yorker Films

Awards

L.A. Film Critics 1997: Foreign Film; Natl. Soc. Film Critics 1997: Foreign Film.