--- product_id: 20673619 title: "La promesse (The Criterion Collection) [DVD]" brand: "jeremie renierluc dardennejean-pierre dardenne" price: "£27.90" currency: GBP in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/20673619-la-promesse-the-criterion-collection-dvd store_origin: GB region: United Kingdom --- # La promesse (The Criterion Collection) [DVD] **Brand:** jeremie renierluc dardennejean-pierre dardenne **Price:** £27.90 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** La promesse (The Criterion Collection) [DVD] by jeremie renierluc dardennejean-pierre dardenne - **How much does it cost?** £27.90 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.co.uk](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/20673619-la-promesse-the-criterion-collection-dvd) ## Best For - jeremie renierluc dardennejean-pierre dardenne enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted jeremie renierluc dardennejean-pierre dardenne brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description La promesse (The Criterion Collection) [DVD] ## Images ![La promesse (The Criterion Collection) [DVD] - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81eQIeTzU8L.jpg) ![La promesse (The Criterion Collection) [DVD] - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91Ur514-b9L.jpg) ![La promesse (The Criterion Collection) [DVD] - Image 3](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91+Y76nxbcL.jpg) ![La promesse (The Criterion Collection) [DVD] - Image 4](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81BPGJ-ZbLL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Love this film *by R***N on Reviewed in the United States on April 22, 2023* Great film! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Promise Keeper! *by J***N on Reviewed in the United States on July 29, 2009* Belgium documentary film makers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne deliver an unflinching glimpse into the horrors and exploitation of undocumented workers and the opportunistic people who prey on them in order to improve their own sordid, wretched lives. The directors also have an amazing eye for casting as all the actors are so natural that you think you are watching a documentary, rather than a compassionate piece of fiction.The heart and soul of the piece is Igor portrayed by a stunning looking fifteen year old Jérémie Rénier ( Summer Hours (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray ]) in an amazing first performance. Every good story needs a great villain and here it supplied by Igor's father Roger in a bravura performance by Olivier Gourmet ( Rosetta [Region 2 Import - Non USA Format ]). The lying, cheating, brutal Roger exploits everyone near him and even though he loves him, poor Igor is no exception.The motherless boy has been pulled out of school under the pretense of an apprenticeship so his dad can use him to help run the family business of human trafficking. Absent of any moral teachings or decent role model, Igor is no angel himself:an expert forger of fake identities, purse snatcher, and lying to immigration officers. However, he is still a mechanically inclined 12 year old who snatches a few precious minutes to work on a motorized soap box type car with his friends and paints his dingy teeth with white-out to mimic the dazzling smiles of the Africans whose passports he is altering.Igor is placed in an almost untenable position when he "promises" to care for the wife and child of a dying African man under his supervision. This promise causes an almost spiritual awakening in our young protagonist and forces him to make difficult moral choices for the first time in his own exploited life. Sadly, the film ends on a very ambiguous note but one hopes the protagonist will have a better, more hopeful future due to living up to his word. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ It is surprising how many different kinds of people respond to this film... *by E***L on Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2007* We played La Promesse for our film society on a dark and snowy night. The response was sensational. Thinking people really seem to like this film; perhaps the straight-forward, no comments narrative allows us viewers to form our own opinions. This is a tough subject, told in a hard style, but it has the redemptive punch of the most hopeful Bressons (think Pickpocket or Women of the Boulogne Woods). The performance by Jeremie Renier is up there with anything Roddy McDowell did as a young actor; Olivier Gourmet is terrific in the ambiguity he brings to his role as the boy's father. In a very quiet and non-preachy way, this film talks to the future of Europe, the question of whether morality matters in a free market world, and the ties that family arouses in most of us. This is a great movie that sounds like it will be a drag. If you like this, look at Rosetta; you have probably already seen L'Enfant. If you're not a foreign language film buff, give it a try if you like Paul Shraeder at his most hopeful (American Gigolo; Light Sleeper) or John Boorman at his most idealistic (Beyond Rangoon; Emerald Forest). 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