La Promesse

La Promesse

Directed by	Jean-Pierre Dardenne Luc Dardenne
Written by	Jean-Pierre Dardenne Luc Dardenne
Starring	Jérémie Renier Olivier Gourmet Assita Ouedraogo
Music by	Jean-Marie Billy Denis M'Punga
Cinematography	Alain Marcoen
Edited by	Marie-Hélène Dozo
Production company	Eurimages Les Films du Fleuve RTBF Samsa Film Touza Productions
Distributed by	ARP Sélection (France)
Release dates	16 October 1996 (1996-10-16)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	Belgium France
Language	French
Budget	€1.5 million^[1]
Box office	$2.8 million^[1]

La Promesse (English: The Promise) is a 1996 drama film by the Belgian brothers Luc Dardenne and Jean-Pierre Dardenne.

Cast

Jérémie Renier as Igor
Olivier Gourmet as Roger
Assita Ouedraogo as Assita

Critical response

La Promesse received mostly positive reviews from critics. Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gives it a 95% approval rating, based on 21 reviews, with an average score of 7.8/10.^[2] 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 ".^[3]

Awards and nominations

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)
- Nominated: Best Foreign Film
National Society of Film Critics (USA)
- Won: Best Foreign Language Film
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

1 2 "La Promesse". JP's Box-Office.
↑ "La Promesse (The Promise) (1996)". Rotten Tomatoes.
↑ "La Promesse (The Promise)". Metacritic.

External links

La Promesse at the Internet Movie Database
La Promesse at Rotten Tomatoes
La Promesse at dardenne-brothers.com

Films directed by the Dardenne brothers

The Promise (1996) Rosetta (1999) The Son (2002) L'Enfant (2005) Lorna's Silence (2008) The Kid with a Bike (2011) Two Days, One Night (2014) The Unknown Girl (2016)

André Cavens Award for Best Film

1970s	The Son of Amir Is Dead – Jean-Jacques Andrien (1976) In the Name of the Führer – Lydia Chagoll (1977) Woman Between Wolf and Dog – André Delvaux (1979)

1980s	My Name Is Anna Magnani – Chris Vermorcken (1980) Le Grand Paysage d'Alexis Droeven – Jean-Jacques Andrien (1981) Le Lit – Marion Hänsel (1982) Brussels by Night – Marc Didden (1983) Permeke – Patrick Conrad and Henri Storck (1985) The van Paemel Family – Paul Cammermans (1986) Wedding in Galilee – Michel Khleifi (1987) The Abyss – André Delvaux (1988) Wait Until Spring, Bandini – Dominique Deruddere (1989)

1990s	Monsieur – Jean-Philippe Toussaint (1990) Toto the Hero – Jaco Van Dormael (1991) Man Bites Dog – Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel and Benoît Poelvoorde (1992) Just Friends – Marc-Henri Wajnberg (1993) La Vie sexuelle des Belges 1950-1978 – Jan Bucquoy (1994) Manneken Pis – Frank Van Passel (1995) La Promesse – Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne (1996) Gabriel's Dream – Anne Lévy-Morelle (1997) Rosie – Patrice Toye (1998) Rosetta – Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne (1999)

2000s	Lijmen/Het Been – Robbe De Hert (2000) No Man's Land – Danis Tanović (2001) The Son – Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne (2002) On the Run / An Amazing Couple / After Life – Lucas Belvaux (2003) Gilles' Wife – Frédéric Fonteyne (2004) The Child – Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne (2005) The Only One – Geoffrey Enthoven (2006) Private Property – Joachim Lafosse (2007) Eldorado – Bouli Lanners (2008) Unspoken – Fien Troch (2009)

2010s	Mr. Nobody – Jaco Van Dormael (2010) Bullhead – Michael R. Roskam (2011) Our Children – Joachim Lafosse (2012) Kid – Fien Troch (2013) Two Days, One Night – Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne (2014) The Brand New Testament – Jaco Van Dormael (2015)

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