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The Promise
Dir.: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne | 90 minutes

The Promise

Belgium, Luxembourg, Tunisia, France 1996 | 90 minutes | French | English, Hebrew subtitles

Fifteen-year-old Igor loves go-karting. He works as an apprentice motor-mechanic. He also helps his father, Roger, run an unscrupulous business, exploiting illegal immigrants for cheap labor. Igor doesn’t question much. But because of a promise he once made, his loyalties are torn. Can Igor tell the truth without betraying his father?