Promise at Dawn
2017 · Movie · 130 min · ★ 7.2 · 69% critics
A man looks back on a life shaped by an intense bond with his ambitious mother, from childhood in Poland to coming of age in France. As he chases love, identity, and recognition, his path leads through Paris and into the pressures of wartime pilot training during World War II.
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Details
- Original title
- La Promesse de l'aube
- Years
- 2017
- Release date
- 2017-12-20
- Language
- French
- Runtime
- 130 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 69/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.2/10 (509 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want an emotional, decades-spanning biopic mixing romance, family intensity, and wartime drama, with a French sensibility; Not for you if you dislike long, meandering stories like Café de Flore or Joyeux Noel.
Pros: powerful mother-son dynamic; sweeping life journey; moving performances | Cons: long runtime; uneven pacing; patchy story threads
Themes
- based on novel or book
- based on memoir or autobiography
- french air force
- french actress
- biographical drama
- french actor
- famous actor
Cast & crew
Pierre Niney
as Romain Gary
Charlotte Gainsbourg
as Nina Kacew
Didier Bourdon
as Alex Gubernatis
Jean-Pierre Darroussin
as Zaremba
Finnegan Oldfield
as Captain Langer
Catherine McCormack
as Lesley Blanch
Pawel Puchalski
as Romain (8-10 years old)
Némo Schiffman
as Romain (14-16 years old)
Lou Chauvain
as Mariette
Arieh Worthalter
as Captain of Gache
Directed by Eric Barbier