PROMISE AT DAWN
| 2020 – 131′ – Drama, Biopic.
Written by: Eric Barbier, Marie Eynard.
Based on the Award Winning Novel by: Romain Gary.
Directed by: Eric Barbier.
Starring: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Pierre Niney, Didier Bourdon, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Catherine McCormack, Finnegan Oldfield, Nemo Schiffman, Nemo Schiffman.
Four César Awards Nominations 2018 including Best Actress (Charlotte Gainsbourg), Best Script Adaptation.
Official competition COLCOA 2018 (North American Premiere, Opening Film).
In French with English subtitles & in English. |
Charlotte Gainsbourg turns in an exuberant performance as Nina, Romain Gary’s overbearing single mom, and César-winner Pierre Niney plays the illustrious author in this filial love story adapted from Gary’s autobiographical novel of the same name. Hounding the boy at every turn — from his childhood in Poland, to his adolescence in the South of France, to his WWII adventures as a bombardier — Nina continually brags to everyone she meets that her son will become a great writer, a war hero, a French ambassador, and a Knight of the Legion of Honor. She thrusts her monumental aspirations onto her young son… and the beleaguered boy is determined to realize them for her.