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
Release dates	16 October 1996 (1996-10-16)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	Belgium France
Language	French

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

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)

External links

La Promesse at the Internet Movie Database
La Promesse at Rotten Tomatoes
La Promesse at dardenne-brothers.com
La Promesse at the Arts & Faith Top100 Spiritually Significant Films list

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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