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La Promesse (1996)

La Promesse (1996)

Drama
Release Date: 1996, August 7
Directors: Luc Dardenne, Jean-Pierre Dardenne
Countries: Belgium, Luxembourg, Tunisia
Production: Les Films du Fleuve, Les Films du Fleuve, Touza Productions, Touza Productions, Samsa Film, Samsa Film, RTBF, RTBF
Cast: Jérémie Renier, Olivier Gourmet, Sophia Leboutte, Florian Delain, Jean-Michel Balthazar, Norbert Rutili, Rasmané Ouédraogo, Jean-Paul Dermont, Geneviève Joly-Provost, Frédéric Bodson, Hachemi Haddad, Assita Ouedraogo

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

parent child relationship troubled teen moral conflict undocumented immigrant construction site exploited immigrants