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La Promesse

Name: La Promesse
Director: Jean-Pierre Dardenne
Genre: Drama
Released: 1996-08-07
Cast: Jérémie Renier, Olivier Gourmet, Assita Ouedraogo, Florian Delain, Hachemi Haddad

Drama

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.

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Cast

Jérémie RenierOlivier GourmetAssita OuedraogoFlorian DelainHachemi HaddadRasmané OuédraogoJean-Michel BalthazarFrédéric BodsonJean-Paul DermontAlain HoltgenGeneviève Joly-ProvostRifi Kythouka

Director

Jean-Pierre Dardenne

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