La Promesse
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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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1996-08-07
Runtime: 94 mins
Director: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
Writer: Luc Dardenne, Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Leon Michaux, Alphonse Badolo
Spoken language: Français, Română
Genres: Drama
Original title: La Promesse
Production Companies: Les Films du Fleuve, Touza Productions, Samsa Film, RTBF
Production Countries: Belgium, Luxembourg, Tunisia
Cast
Jérémie Renier
Olivier Gourmet
Assita Ouedraogo
Florian Delain
Hachemi Haddad
Rasmané Ouédraogo
Jean-Michel Balthazar
Frédéric Bodson
Jean-Paul Dermont
Alain Holtgen
Geneviève Joly-Provost
Rifi Kythouka
Sophia Leboutte
Christiane Mutshimuana
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