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CERN CineClub - La promesse
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503/1-001 - Council Chamber (CERN)
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Directed by Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne (Belgium, 1996)
Igor is a 15 year old boy living in a bleak Belgian town and who helps his bullying father Roger exploit illegal immigrants. When one of these immigrants, a man named Amidou, is accidentally killed whilst working on a building site, Igor promises to look after his wife and baby. Roger is far less generous, however. He secretly buries the body (with Igor’s help) and plans to remove Amidou’s wife to Germany to prevent her from making enquiries into her husband’s disappearance. Remembering his promise to Amidou, Igor turns against his father and attempts to help the unfortunate woman and her baby…
With: : Jérémie Renier, Olivier Gourmet, Assita Ouedraogo
Original version french; english subtitles; 90 minutesIgor is a 15 year old boy living in a bleak Belgian town and who helps his bullying father Roger exploit illegal immigrants. When one of these immigrants, a man named Amidou, is accidentally killed whilst working on a building site, Igor promises to look after his wife and baby. Roger is far less generous, however. He secretly buries the body (with Igor’s help) and plans to remove Amidou’s wife to Germany to prevent her from making enquiries into her husband’s disappearance. Remembering his promise to Amidou, Igor turns against his father and attempts to help the unfortunate woman and her baby…