La promesse de l’aube
Nominated for five César Awards, LA PROMESSE DE L’AUBE is the sweeping adaptation of French novelist Romain Gary’s beloved memoir of exotic globetrotting and an impassioned mother-son bond.
Please note that this film is in French, Polish, Spanish and English, with Dutch subtitles.
From a difficult childhood in Poland and adolescence in sunny Nice, to his adventures as a pilot in Africa during the Second World War, novelist Romain Gary lived an extraordinary life full of twists, turns, passion and mysteries. But it is the boundless, crazy love of his eccentric mother Nina that spurs him to greatness – and becomes his lifelong burden.
Eric Barbier, France, Belgium, 2019, 131 min. French, Polish, Spanish & English spoken, Dutch subtitles.
With Pierre Niney, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Didier Bourbon, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Catherine McCormack, Finnegan Oldfield.