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Overview

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7.8/10   1,818 votes
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Writers:
Luc Dardenne (writer) &
Jean-Pierre Dardenne (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
16 May 1997 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
Igor and his father, Roger, are making a decent living renting apartments to illegal immigrants and... more | add synopsis
Awards:
15 wins & 5 nominations more
NewsDesk:
Cannes 08: The Dardennes on "The Silence of Lorna"
 (From IFC. 22 May 2008, 2:12 AM, PDT)

User Comments:
Richly Crafted Morality Tale more

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Jérémie Renier ... Igor
Olivier Gourmet ... Roger
Assita Ouedraogo ... Assita
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jean-Michel Balthazar
Frédéric Bodson ... The garage boss
Katarzyna Chrzanowska
Florian Delain ... Riri
Hachemi Haddad ... Nabil
Alain Holtgen ... Le postier
Sophie Leboutte
Rasmane Ouedraogo ... Amidou
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Promise (Australia) (DVD title)
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Runtime:
Argentina:92 min | Belgium:90 min | Sweden:94 min
Language:
French | Romanian
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
Filming Locations:
Liège, Belgium more
Company:
Eurimages more

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2 out of 2 people found the following comment useful:-
Richly Crafted Morality Tale, 22 November 2001
Author: Moira Rose from Chicago

This film was a gem and I look forward to seeing "Rosetta" by the same filmmakers, although I missed it back in '99.

The story has a gritty documentary feel in its depiction of lower-class immigrant experience in Belgium, but nonetheless is dramatically compelling because of the tension between the father and the son.

I haven't seen this side of modern European urban life treated in film this well.

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