2014
R
Comstock Group
1 h 38 m

2014
R
Comstock Group
1 h 38 m

Summary Germany, 1912. A graduate of humble origins takes up a clerical post in a steel factory. Impressed by his work the elderly owner takes him on as his private secretary. His health declining, the owner is confined to his home, where the young man moves to continue his work. There he meets the owner’s wife, a much younger woman, beautiful a...

Directed By: Patrice Leconte

Written By: Jérôme Tonnerre, Stefan Zweig, Patrice Leconte

2014
R
Comstock Group
1 h 38 m

2014
R
Comstock Group
1 h 38 m

A Promise

Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews

User Score Generally Unfavorable Based on 5 User Ratings

2.6

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Directed By: Patrice Leconte

Written By: Jérôme Tonnerre, Stefan Zweig, Patrice Leconte

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Generally Unfavorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews

14% Positive
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Generally Unfavorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews

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Entertainment Weekly

Apr 23, 2014

It’s well made but drearily familiar.

By Chris Nashawaty FULL REVIEW

Slant Magazine

Apr 13, 2014

Patrice Leconte struggles to find a coherent rhythm, a problem exacerbated by a hurried running time that compresses some of the novella's more interesting socio-political nuances.

By Jordan Osterer FULL REVIEW

The New York Times

Apr 17, 2014

Ms. Hall’s Lotte is the weak link in the triangle. Despite all her character’s flowery words of longing, she can’t convey the heat bottled under Lotte’s demure demeanor.

By Stephen Holden FULL REVIEW

New York Daily News

Apr 17, 2014

A romantic triangle featuring Rebecca Hall, Alan Rickman and “Game of Thrones” costar Richard Madden has no business being this dull.

By Elizabeth Weitzman FULL REVIEW

The Playlist

Apr 4, 2014

Leconte’s never been the edgiest of filmmakers, but A Promise is so free of anything close to an edge that it’s like watching a beige sphere for ninety-odd minutes—and it feels much longer.

By Oliver Lyttelton FULL REVIEW

Village Voice

Apr 16, 2014

No bodices were harmed in veteran French filmmaker Patrice Leconte's chaste and bloodless English-language debut.

By Aaron Hillis FULL REVIEW

Variety

Apr 4, 2014

Led by a trio of lackluster performances from Alan Rickman, Rebecca Hall and “Game of Thrones” thesp Richard Madden, this awkward, passionless drama conveys neither the sensuality nor the drawn-out sense of longing required by its period tale of a young secretary who falls in love with his employer’s wife.

By Justin Chang FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Fidélité Films, Wild Bunch, Scope Pictures, Orange Cinéma Séries, La Wallonie, Cofinova Développement 6, Tax Shelter du Gouvernement Fédéral Belge, SCOPE Invest

Release Date Apr 18, 2014

Duration 1 h 38 m

Rating R

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Awards

Beijing International Film Festival

• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

Magritte Awards, Belgium

• 1 Nomination

Gijón International Film Festival

• 1 Nomination

A Promise

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Rebecca Hall

Lotte Hoffmeister

Alan Rickman

Karl Hoffmeister

Richard Madden

Friedrich Zeitz

Toby Murray

Otto Hoffmeister

Maggie Steed

Frau Hermann

Shannon Tarbet

Anna

Jean-Louis Sbille

Hans, the Butler

Sarah Messens

Magda, the Maid

Jonathon Sawdon

The Engineer

Caroline Donnelly

Funfair Lady

Peter Kern

Funfair Photographer

Andrew McIlroy

Pastor

Christelle Cornil

Post Office Employee

Gordon Wilson

Hotel COncierge

Stephanie Nadolny

Hotel Guest

Matt Ward

Hotel Guest With EyeGlasses

Rachelle Beinart

Gossiper Hotel Guest

Danny Valle

Drunken Hotel Guest

Victoria Strauss

Victoria Perdue - Hotel Guest

Jimmy Federico

Hotel Guest

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