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La promesse is the breakthrough feature from Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne, who would go on to become a force in world filmmaking. The brothers brought the unerring eye for detail and the compassion for those on society’s lowest rungs developed in their earlier documentary work to this absorbing drama about a teenager (Jérémie Renier) gradually coming to understand the implications of his father’s making a living through the exploitation of undocumented workers. Filmed in the Dardennes’ industrial hometown of Seraing, Belgium, La promesse is a brilliantly economical and observant tale of a boy’s troubled moral awakening.
Original Release
09/07/1996
US Release
05/16/1997
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Jeremie Renier | Igor |
Olivier Gourmet | Roger |
Assita Ouedraogo | Assita |
Jean-Michel Balthazar | Les inspecteurs du travail |
Frédéric Bodson | The garage boss |
Katarzyna Chrzanowska | |
Florian Delain | Riri |
Jean-Paul Dermont | Muller |
Hachemi Haddad | Nabil |
Alain Holtgen | Le postier |
Directors
Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
Writers
Luc Dardenne, Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Leon Michaux, Alphonse Badolo
Cast
Name | Character |
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Jeremie Renier | Igor |
Olivier Gourmet | Roger |
Assita Ouedraogo | Assita |
Jean-Michel Balthazar | Les inspecteurs du travail |
Frédéric Bodson | The garage boss |
Katarzyna Chrzanowska | |
Florian Delain | Riri |
Jean-Paul Dermont | Muller |
Hachemi Haddad | Nabil |
Alain Holtgen | Le postier |
Geneviève Joly-Provost | Geneviève |
Rifi Kythouka | Le devin |
Sophia Leboutte | Maria |
Christiane Mutshimuana | Rosalie |
Rasmane Ouedraogo | Amidou |
Norbert Rutili | Le bijoutier |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Jean-Pierre Dardenne | Producer |
Luc Dardenne | Producer |
Hassen Daldoul | Producer |
Jacqueline Pierreux | Producer |
Claude Waringo | Producer |