Net voor hamidou sterft vraagt hij aan igor om voor zijn vrouw assita en zijn zoon te zorgen. I tend to think of any film in a foreign language as an artsy movie, and avoid them like the plague. Jean pierre dardenne was born in engis on 21 april 1951 and luc dardenne in. The promise is a 1996 drama film by the belgian brothers luc dardenne and jeanpierre dardenne. Many of my fellow film obsessives whom i follow on this site will be aware of the work of brothers jeanpierre dardenne and luc dardenne.
Igor, aged 15, and his father roger deal in housing and peddling illicit labor in the outlying districts of liege, belgium. Mark deming, rovi a young man born into criminal circumstances is forced to deal with. They write, produce, and direct their films together the dardennes began making narrative and documentary films in the late 1970s. Con jeremie renier, olivier gourmet, assita ouedraogo. The promise is a 1996 drama film by the belgian brothers luc dardenne. Jeanmichel balthazar, sophie leboutte, jeremie renier. They won their first major international film prize when rosetta won the palme dor at the 1999 cannes film festival. The brothers brought the unerring eye for detail and the compassion for those on societys lowest rungs developed in their earlier documentary work to this absorbing drama about a teenager. His son, igor, is fifteen and an apprentice mechanic, who also works for his father in his labor contracting operation. Belgium documentary film makers jean pierre and luc dardenne deliver an unflinching glimpse into the horrors and. In their movies, the brothers luc and jeanpierre dardenne have addressed some of the most distressing social and human problems in europe. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. The dardennes began making narrative and documentary films in the late 1970s. The brothers brought the unerring eye for detail and the compassion for those on societys lowest rungs developed in their earlier documentary work to this absorbing drama about a teenager jeremie renier gradually coming to understand the implications of his.