The Promise

1996

French

♡ 5

95%

parent child relationship

troubled teen

undocumented immigrant

Jean-Pierre Dardenne Director

Katarzyna Chrzanowska as

Jérémie Renier as Igor

Alain Holtgen as Le postier

Jean-Paul Dermont as Muller

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.