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    508. CONSCIENCE ON FILM: LA PROMESSE

    508. CONSCIENCE ON FILM: LA PROMESSE

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    Peter Josyph

     

    This gritty 1996 drama is the first masterpiece by the two best filmmakers in Europe, Belgian brothers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne. Jérémie Renier stars as Igor, a teenage apprentice mechanic who also works for his father, Roger (played by Olivier Gourmet), a man who ruthlessly trafficks and takes advantage of undocumented immigrants in the down-and-out, former industrial powerhouse district of Seraing in Liege, Belgium. Igor's promise to Amidou, a worker who is seriously injured doing illegal and unsafe labor for Roger, develops into a challenge to Igor's moral conscience between loyalty to his father and loyalty to Amidou's wife, Assita (played by Assita Quedraogo), who has not been told the truth about her husband's whereabouts. Film critic Kent Jones wrote about the film's stunning appearance on the international scene: "Everyone was justifiably bowled over by the physical immediacy and its unwavering radical humanism." 

    NOTE: LA PROMESSE IS IN FRENCH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES

     

    1-3:30 p.m.                                                                                                                 1 Session

    Thursday, October 30                                                                                                 Fee:  $40

     

     

    ABOUT THE LECTURER

    Peter Josyph is an actor, a painter, a photographer, an award-winning filmmaker, and he has published 13 books.

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    About the lecturer(s)

    Peter Josyph

    Peter Josyph is an author, actor, director, and filmmaker whose films include: Liberty Street: Alive at Ground Zero; Acting Cormac McCarthy: The Making of Billy Bob Thorton’s All the Pretty Horses; Shakespeare In New York: The Sonnets; and A Few Things Basquiat Did in School. His books include: Adventures in Reading Cormac McCarthy; What One Man Said to Another, Talks with Richard Seltzer; and, The Wounded River, which was chosen as a New York Times Notable Book. He also excels in literary and film criticism.

    Lecture Details

    Sessions
    1 lecture(s)
    Day & Time
    Thursday, 1:00-3:30 p.m.
    Date(s)
    Oct 30, 2025