MOVIE
La Promesse
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.
ERA & CONTEXT
La Promesse in its release era
Released in 1996, La Promesse sits inside the 1990s catalog. Explore its creators, studio connections, genres and nearby releases from the same period.
- Release
- 1996-08-07
- TMDB score
- 7.2/10
- Original language
- FR
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Belgium, Luxembourg, Tunisia
- Studio
- Les Films du Fleuve, Touza Productions, Samsa Film
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Topicsparent child relationshipmoral conflictundocumented immigrantconstruction sitetroubled teenexploited immigrants