Promise at Dawn
La promesse de l'aube
2017, Film, 131 min, Biography, Drama, Romance, French, France, MoviePedia score 69
From his childhood in Poland to his adolescence in Nice to his years as a student in Paris and his tough training as a pilot during World War II, this tragi-comedy tells the romantic story of Romain Gary, one of the most famous French novelists and sole writer to have won the Goncourt Prize for French literature two times.
Directed by Eric Barbier
Cast
- Pierre Niney as Roman Kacew, dit Romain Gary
- Charlotte Gainsbourg as Nina Kacew
- Didier Bourdon as Alex Gubernatis
- Jean-Pierre Darroussin as Zaremba
- Catherine McCormack as Lesley Blanch
- Finnegan Oldfield as Capitaine Langer
- Pawel Puchalski as Romain (8-10 ans)
- Némo Schiffman as Romain (14-16 ans)
- Zoe Boyle as La poétesse
- Lou Chauvain as Mariette
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