Promesse

'La Promesse' 1996 As in "Le Havre," an illegal immigrant is the beneficiary of unexpected—and quite spontaneous—goodness in this small but remarkable feature, which was written and directed by the Belgian filmmakers Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne.

'Margin Call': Thrills, Chills of Financial Ills Joe Morgenstern 2011

And this film ranks with La Promesse, Rosetta and The Son as yet another gem in their growing list of top-notch movies.

Michael Giltz: Cannes 2011 Day Four: Girls With Babies, Boys With Bikes and Outlaws With Chi! Michael Giltz 2011

And this film ranks with La Promesse, Rosetta and The Son as yet another gem in their growing list of top-notch movies.

Michael Giltz: Cannes 2011 Day Four: Girls With Babies, Boys With Bikes and Outlaws With Chi! Michael Giltz 2011

(Start with La Promesse, if you haven't given them a shot yet.)

Michael Giltz: Cannes 2010 Day Ten and Eleven: Not So HaHaHa 2010

(Start with La Promesse, if you haven't given them a shot yet.)

Michael Giltz: Cannes 2010 Day Ten and Eleven: Not So HaHaHa 2010

They had a string of brilliant films: 1996's La Promesse was exceptional and proven no fluke when in the waning days of 1999 they released the Palm d'Or winner Rosetta.

Michael Giltz: Is There Finally Some Oscar Hope for Star Trek?" 2010

Exceptionally, there will be no rehearsal of the Communion hymn in St Joseph's Hall as the French children are going to sing “Le chant de la Promesse”.

Archive 2009-06-01 2009

I trotted out my very decent French to chat with its stars Jeremie Renier (the kid from "La Promesse" all grown up) and gorgeous Gaspar Ulliel of "A Very Long Engagement."

Erica Abeel: Toronto Social Diary 2009

Using nonprofessional actors, and working without a set script, Hammer follows in the unvarnished footsteps of filmmakers like the Belgian Dardenne brothers ( "La Promesse," "L'Enfant"), exploring underclass African-American lives with grit, honesty and eyes wide open to life as it is actually lived, not as the movies have conditioned us to see it.

Smiling in the Dark 2008

Urgently, without sentimentality, "La Promesse" shows us the birth of a conscience, and its cost.

An Awakening 2008