His son, igor, is fifteen and an apprentice mechanic, who also works for his father in his labor contracting operation. I will show you things have changed for good eat cook a document you beef, i thought that up to many other okay yeah man trust me okay guys whats, on that if they had no see i definitely cooler looking in the more moment of camp moments of camp whats up you. It is written and directed by jeanpierre and luc dardenne. As a huge fan of adele haenel, i was eager to watch this movie as i have never seen their work. Igor a 15yearold apprentice mechanic spends his off hours at the beck and call of his father. 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.
Le conte est bon cote brisee par aileen faith et dinnombrables puissance emotionnelle. The story is the kind that catches your interest quickly and never lets go. With its simple style and characterdriven plot, one may think that the film comes from one of the dogma 95 manifesto directors but it doesnt. A teenager gradually comes to understand the implications of his fathers making a living through. It was released in american theaters in 1996 and is now available in video. Its easy for one to blame their bad upbringing or company for their immoral ways, but it takes real courage and a good conscience to rise above those ways and. I tend to think of any film in a foreign language as an artsy movie, and avoid them like the plague. The promise is a 1996 drama film by the belgian brothers luc dardenne. Swindling, is different and scams rule their lifestyles. Oct 15, 2018 well stop supporting this browser soon. Drama film geregisseerd door jeanpierre dardenne en luc dardenne. A young man born into criminal circumstances is forced to deal with his conscience in this drama from belgium.
If one of the illegal workers of his true father gets injured on the job and asks igor to claim to look after his wife and baby, igor finds himself at a cross road. In their movies, the brothers luc and jeanpierre dardenne have addressed some of the most distressing social and human problems in europe. Immigrants plight, boys conscience the new york times. Met jeremie renier, olivier gourmet en assita ouedraogo. Igors father, roger, is a lowlife involved with smuggling undocumented immigrants into belgium, and acts as their slumlord, housing them. The plot involves a father, roger, who mercilessly trafficks and exploits undocumented immigrants. Roger uses his son igor to ruthlessly traffic and exploit undocumented immigrants.