La Promesse
An absorbing drama about a Belgian teenager who is gradually coming to understand the implications of his father making a living off of abusing illegal alien workers
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| Language: | French English |
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[New York N.Y.] :
Criterion Collection,
[1996]
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2021 The Criterion Collection, 1996 |
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| Summary: | An absorbing drama about a Belgian teenager who is gradually coming to understand the implications of his father making a living off of abusing illegal alien workers LA PROMESSE is the breakthrough feature from Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne, who would go on to become a force in world filmmaking. The brothers brought the unerring eye for detail and the compassion for those on society's lowest rungs developed in their earlier documentary work to this absorbing drama about a teenager (Jérémie Renier) gradually coming to understand the implications of his father's making a living through the exploitation of undocumented workers. Filmed in the Dardennes' industrial hometown of Seraing, Belgium, LA PROMESSE is a brilliantly economical and observant tale of a boy's troubled moral awakening LA PROMESSE is the breakthrough feature from Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne, who would go on to become a force in world filmmaking. The brothers brought the unerring eye for detail and the compassion for those on society’s lowest rungs developed in their earlier documentary work to this absorbing drama about a teenager (Jérémie Renier) gradually coming to understand the implications of his father’s making a living through the exploitation of undocumented workers. Filmed in the Dardennes’ industrial hometown of Seraing, Belgium, LA PROMESSE is a brilliantly economical and observant tale of a boy’s troubled moral awakening |
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| Item Description: | Film In Process Record Title from title frames |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (streaming video file) (94 minutes) : .flv file, sound 1 online resource (streaming video file) (94 minutes) : digital, .flv file, sound 1 online resource (streaming video file) (94 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound 1 online resource (streaming video file) (95 min.)] |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Audience: | MPAA rating: Not rated |
| Production Credits: | Cinematographers, Alain Marcoen ; editor, Marie-Hélène Dozo ; music, Jean-Marie Billy, Denis M'Punga |
| Access: | Restricted for use by site license |