La Promesse (1996) on Netflix
Fifteen-year-old Igor works at a garage while his father Roger exploits undocumented immigrants outside Liège. When a worker is hurt, the man asks Igor to look after his wife and baby.
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Plot summary
Fifteen-year-old Igor apprentices as a mechanic in Seraing, and his father Roger pulls him out of the garage to help with the family business: smuggling people into Belgium, lodging them in shabby rooms, and renting out their labor. His partner in the scheme is Nabil. Assita and her baby arrive with a group of immigrants; her husband Hamidou, a gambler, cannot pay the whole transport fee and quarrels with Roger over it. Roger offers the group half off their rent if they help him with a construction project at a nearby white house. Igor brings the family heating supplies without charge. When Hamidou falls from the scaffolding, Igor promises to look after Assita and the child.
Cast
- Assita Ouedraogoas Assita
- Hachemi Haddadas Nabil
- Jean-Paul Dermontas Muller
- Rifi Kythoukaas The Seer
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about La Promesse (1996)
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- The 1996 drama La Promesse, written and directed by the Belgian brothers Luc Dardenne and Jean-Pierre Dardenne and starring Jérémie Renier and Olivier Gourmet, was shot in chronological order.
