| Description |
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.. |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 620
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Criterion collection ; 620.
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| System Details |
DVD ; widescreen (1.66:1) presentation ; Dolby digital 5.1 surround. |
| Cast |
Jérémie Renier, Olivier Gourmet. |
| Credits |
Cinematographers, Alain Marcoen, Benoít Dervaux ; music, Jean-Marie Billy, Denis M'Punga. |
| Note |
DVD release of the 1996 motion picture. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| Summary |
The breakthrough feature from Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne. The brothers brought their unerring eye for detail and their compassion for those on society's lowest rungs developed in their earlier documentary work to an absorbing drama about a teenager who is gradually coming to understand the implications of his father making a living off of illegal alien workers. |
| Note |
Special features: Conversation between film critic Scott Foundas and filmmakers Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne ; new interview with actors Jérémie Renier and Olivier Gourmet ; trailer ; new English subtitle translation ; booklet featuring an essay by film critic Kent Jones. |
| Language |
In French, with optional subtitles in English. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Illegal immigration -- Drama.
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| Local Subject |
Undocumented immigration -- Drama.
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| Subject |
Noncitizens -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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| Subject |
Father and child -- Drama.
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| Added Author |
Daldoul, Hassen.
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Dardenne, Jean-Pierre, 1951-
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Dardenne, Luc, 1954-
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Waringo, Claude.
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Marcoen, Alain.
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Dervaux, Benoît, 1966-
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Billy, Jean-Marie.
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M'Punga, Denis.
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Renier, Jérémie.
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Gourmet, Olivier.
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Eurimages (Organization)
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Films du fleuve (Firm)
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Radio-Télévision belge de la communauté culturelle française.
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Samsa film (Firm)
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Touza productions.
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New Yorker Films.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| Added Title |
La promesse |
| ISBN |
9781604656169 |
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1604656166 |
| Standard No. |
715515097413 |
| Music No. |
CC2169DDVD The Criterion Collection |
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