La Promesse (1996)
ThumbScore
👍 76%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 88%
(RT: 95%, MC: 82) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Assita Ouedraogo as Assita
Florian Delain as Riri
Hachemi Haddad as Nabil
Rasmané Ouédraogo as Amidou
Jean-Michel Balthazar as The Labour Inspector
Frédéric Bodson as The Garage Boss
Is La Promesse good?
Most people think so. 76% audience score, estimated from 188 TMDB ratings. Critics gave it 88%.
Overview
Igor, aged 15, and his father Roger deal in housing and peddling illicit labor in the outlying districts of Liege, Belgium. Scams, lies and swindling rule their lives. When one of his father’s illegal workers gets injured on the job and asks Igor to promise to take care of his wife and baby, Igor finds himself at a crossroad. He wants to keep the promise, but the price would be to betray his father. Wikipedia ↗
