The Promise
La promesse
1996, Film, 90 min, Drama, French, France, MoviePedia score 71
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.
Directed by Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
Cast
- Jérémie Renier as Igor
- Olivier Gourmet as Roger
- Assita Ouedraogo as Assita
- Jean-Michel Balthazar as Les inspecteurs du travail
- Frédéric Bodson as The garage boss
- Katarzyna Chrzanowska
- Florian Delain as Riri
- Jean-Paul Dermont as Muller
- Hachemi Haddad as Nabil
- Alain Holtgen as Le postier
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