The Promise
Synopsis
Igor, is fifteen. He's an apprentice mechanic, a karting fan and above all his father Roger's son, involved, with him, in an illegal immigration racket. Igor takes to his father's scams with natural verve and innocence, not asking too many questions. Yet, one day because of a promise made Igor is forced to choose. Can he come clean without betraying his father?
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Production and distribution (3)
- Co-production : Touza Productions
- Foreign production companies : Les Films du Fleuve, Dérives, Samsa Film, RTBF - Radio Télévision Belge de la Communauté Française, ERTT - Etablissement de Radiodiffusion Télévision Tunisienne, Touza Films
- French distribution : ARP Sélection SAS
Full credits (17)
- Screenwriters : Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
- Music Composers : Jean-Marie Billy, Denis M'Punga
- Assistant directors : Bernard Garant, Jean-François Tefnin
- Editor : Marie-Hélène Dozo
- Sound recordists : Jean-Pierre Duret, Pascal Metge
- Costume designer : Monic Parelle
- Foreign producers : Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne, Hassen Daldoul, Claude Waringo
- Sound Assistant : Jonathan Acbard
- Assistant Operators : Olivier Servais, Amaury Duquenne
- Camera Operator : Benoît Dervaux
- Press Attaché (film) : Marie-Christine Damiens
- Sound editor : Sandrine Deegen
- Continuity supervisor : Anne Van Hove
- Production Designer : Igor Gabriel
- Sound mixers : Philippe Baudhuin, Benoît Biral, Thomas Gauder
- Still Photographer : Christine Plenus
- Location Manager : Dimitri Linder
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- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Themes : Childhood, Work
- Production language : French
- Coproducer countries : Belgium, Luxembourg, Tunisia, France
- Original French-language productions : Yes
- Nationality : Minority French (Belgium, Luxembourg, Tunisia, France)
- Production year : 1996
- French release : 16/10/1996
- Runtime : 1 h 30 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 88.450
- Visa issue date : 26/07/1996
- Approval : Yes
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.66
- Audio format : Dolby A
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Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne may be compared to the Coen brothers (“Miller's Crossing”, “Barton Fink”, etc...) insofar as they work in total symbiosis. Yet as "engaged" film-makers, these young cineastes are more in the vein of Ken Loach than Mathieu Kassovitz. "Hate" opened up a whole new genre in French cinema. The less didactic "La Promesse", however, is much more credible. Like Loach, the Dardenne brothers don't judge, they simply present a slice of life. The torment of this microcosm on the fringes of society - the theme is that of a young delinquent (Igor) who has to choose between his "bastard" of a father (remarkably played by Olivier Gourmet) who killed a black, and his conscience - never tends towards either excessive anger or sentimentality. The young Jérémie Renier and Assista Ouédraogo give extraordinary performances, which, given their relative inexperience, is no doubt thanks to the Dardenne brothers who with this film have become "majors" of Francophone cinema.
Edward Behr, journalist and writer
