La Promesse
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox film/short descriptionScript error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[".
La Promesse (Template:Literal translation) is a 1996 drama film written and directed by the Belgian brothers Luc Dardenne and Jean-Pierre Dardenne, starring Jérémie Renier and Olivier Gourmet. The film had its world premiere in the Directors' Fortnight section parallel to the 1996 Cannes Film Festival.[1] The film was shot in chronological order.[2][3]
Plot
The plot involves a father, Roger, who mercilessly trafficks and exploits undocumented immigrants. His son, Igor, is fifteen and an apprentice mechanic, who also works for his father in his labor contracting operation. When one of their illegal workers is seriously injured at the worksite, left to die, and the death concealed by Roger and Igor, a guilt-ridden Igor must choose between his father's chosen way of life and his promise to the dying man.[4]
Cast
- Jérémie Renier as Igor
- Olivier Gourmet as Roger
- Assita Ouedraogo as Assita
Critical response
La Promesse received critical acclaim. Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gives it a 95% approval rating, based on 22 reviews, with an average score of 7.8/10.[5] At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the film received an average score of 82, based on 17 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".[6]
Awards and nominations
Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
- Belgian Film Critics Association (Belgium)
- Won: André Cavens Award for Best Film
- Nominated: Grand Prix
- César Awards (France)
- Nominated: Best Foreign Film
- Los Angeles Film Critics (USA)[7]
- Nominated: Best Foreign Film
- National Society of Film Critics (USA)
- Online Film Critics Society Awards (USA)
- Nominated: Best Foreign Language Film
- Satellite Awards (USA)
- Nominated: Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language
- Valladolid Film Festival (Spain)
- Won: FIPRESCI Prize (Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne)
- Won: Golden Spike (Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne)
References
<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "Citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
External links
- Template:Trim/ Template:Trim at IMDbTemplate:EditAtWikidataScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:WikidataCheck
- Template:Trim Template:PAGENAMEBASE at Rotten TomatoesTemplate:WikidataCheck
- La Promesse at dardenne-brothers.com
- La promesse: One Plus One an essay by Kent Jones at the Criterion Collection
Template:Dardenne brothers Script error: No such module "navboxes". Template:André Cavens Award 1981–2000 Template:Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Foreign Language Film Template:National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Foreign Language FilmScript error: No such module "navboxes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Pages with script errors
- Pages using infobox film with flag icon
- 1996 films
- 1990s French-language films
- 1996 drama films
- Belgian drama films
- French drama films
- Tunisian drama films
- Films directed by the Dardenne brothers
- Les Films du Fleuve films
- Films shot in Belgium
- Films set in Belgium
- Works set in Wallonia
- Films shot in chronological order
- Films about illegal immigration to Europe
- French-language Belgian films
- 1990s French films
- French-language drama films