The Promise (1996)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The promise |
| Original title | La Promesse |
| Country of production | France , Belgium , Tunisia , Luxembourg |
| original language | French |
| Publishing year | 1996 |
| length | 90 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne |
| script |
Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne , Léon Michaux, Alphonse Badalo |
| production | Hate Daldoul, Luc Dardenne , Claude Waringo |
| music | Jean-Marie Billy, Denis M'Punga |
| camera | Alain Marcoen |
| cut | Marie-Hélène Dozo |
| occupation | |
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The Promise ( French La Promesse ) is a feature film by the Belgian brothers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne from 1996 . The film tells the story of the young Igor who, together with his father, rents out accommodation to illegal immigrants.
action
The young Igor and his father Roger earn their living renting out accommodation to illegal immigrants and offering them fake residence permits. The son is also training to be a mechanic in a car repair shop, but he is in danger of losing this position as Roger more and more often picks him up while he is at work so that he can help him with his own business.
One day the police pays a surprise visit to Roger and the immigrants. While trying to escape the police, one of the immigrants, Amidou, fell from a scaffold and was seriously injured. Igor wants to help, but Roger is afraid of being blown and refrains from helping Amidou.
Shortly before his death, Amidou made Igor's eponymous promise to look after his newborn child and his wife, with whom he lived together. After the police leave the premises, Roger and Igor remove the body without Assita, the widow of the deceased, finding out. He tells Roger about an alleged escape from her husband's gambling debts.
Finally, Roger wants to get rid of the widow and signs a contract to sell her into prostitution. But Igor keeps his promise and hides Assita and her child in the garage of his former job, which he has since lost. He doesn't tell Assita what actually happened to Amidou. Roger finds shelter, but is overwhelmed and tied up by Assita and Igor. Then they go to the train station, where Igor Assita tells that Amidou is dead. Without further ado, the widow turns around and decides to stay, accompanied by Igor.
criticism
“A film reminiscent of Robert Bresson in its laconic narrative style , and Ken Loach or Mike Leigh in its accuracy and description of social hardship . Like an angry reply to the "Belgian illness", it reflects a neglect of moral criteria that has penetrated deeply into society and finds its outward expression in spectacular crimes or political affairs. - Worth seeing"
Web links
- The promise in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Short review of The Promise (1996). In: film service . Online in cinOmat (access only for subscribers).