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- 2004
- Empire Pictures
- 1 h 33 m
- 2004
- Empire Pictures
- 1 h 33 m
Summary A prostitute working the streets of Nice must leave town with her estranged daughter.
Directed By: Olivier Dahan
Written By: Agnès Fustier-Dahan, Olivier Dahan
- 2004
- Empire Pictures
- 1 h 33 m
- 2004
- Empire Pictures
- 1 h 33 m
Ghost River
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Summary A prostitute working the streets of Nice must leave town with her estranged daughter.
Directed By: Olivier Dahan
Written By: Agnès Fustier-Dahan, Olivier Dahan
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 14 Critic Reviews
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43% Positive
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
50% Mixed
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7% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 14 Critic Reviews
52
43% Positive
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
50% Mixed
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
7% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
This amazing tour-de-force presents Huppert in a role, which is equal parts abrasive and vulnerable, exasperating and pathetic, monstrous and saintly.
Directed by Olivier Dahan, Isabelle Huppert takes the most familiar type of material and attains impeccable results.
You have to hand it to Huppert. She doesn't let the hokey plot and syrupy cinematography (what's with those repeated shots of flowers blowing in the wind?) keep her from giving a profound performance.
Unfortunately lacks much in the way of compelling narrative or credible characterizations, but it once again reaffirms Huppert's place in the pantheon of French film actors.
The only conceivable reason to immerse oneself in this inexplicable release is, of course, Huppert. Gravely, she accepts the challenge of delivering a coherent performance in a wildly incoherent role.
Outside of Sylvia, none of the characters has any real presence or personality in a movie that takes greater interest in shots of pretty flowers than in the human beings onscreen, and in which nearly every major plot turn is the result of blind chance.
Truly, there is nothing the woman (Isabelle Huppert) can't do - except save "Promise'' from the valley of the shadow of bad French movie pretensions.
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Production Company
La Chauve Souris,
StudioCanal,
Bac Films,
France 2 Cinéma,
Rhône-Alpes Cinéma,
Société Française de Production (SFP),
Des Films,
Canal+
Release Date Mar 5, 2004
Duration 1 h 33 m
Genres
Website
http://www.bacfilms.com/promise/
Awards
San Sebastián International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
