2016 Directed by Terry George
Set during the last days of the Ottoman Empire, a love triangle develops between Mikael, a brilliant medical student, the beautiful and sophisticated artist Ana, and Chris, a renowned American journalist based in Paris.
Oscar Isaac Charlotte Le Bon Christian Bale Daniel Giménez Cacho Tom Hollander Shohreh Aghdashloo Rade Šerbedžija Marwan Kenzari Angela Sarafyan Numan Acar Igal Naor Milene Mayer Tamer Hassan Alicia Borrachero Abel Folk Jean Reno James Cromwell Kevork Malikyan Lucía Zorrilla Roman Mitichyan Armin Amiri Stewart Scudamore Andrew Tarbet Aharon Ipalé Shnorhk Sargsyan Aaron Neil James Chanos Anthony Rotsa Michael Stahl-David Show All…
Jacques Levesque Bryan Hirota Malte Sarnes Adam O'Brien-Locke Mark Russell Sébastien Bergeron Juanma Nogales Amelie Poitras Monette Dubin
The Promise - Die Erinnerung bleibt
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Imagine most people not knowing what your ethnicity is and/or where your country is located, until the Kardashians came along. Imagine growing up and seeing pictures and hearing stories of your great grandparents surviving a mass brutal massacre that no one was held responsible for. Imagine marching every year on the same day for a cause that's been long forgotten. Imagine seeing the difference between how big your country used to be, and how barely visible it is today. Imagine the same government who tried to exterminate your people say that the recalled details of those events are best described as "details from a wild and vivid imagination" -- and having majority of the world agree.
Just imagine.
The Promise is rich with terrific performances and tremendous production values, but it's a terribly boring romantic drama that wastes an interesting real-life story and shamefully reduces it to mere background noise.
What an absolute travesty that the Armenian Genocide is still unacknowledged by the Turkish government. I'm so glad this movie exists to shed light on this terrible tragedy, even if it is fictional. It's not perfect, but its importance cannot be overstated - watch it!
this movie would've been 10 times better if oscar isaac and christian bale characters were in love
this is the straightest incarnation of oscar isaac ive ever seen. i never want to watch this again
Though its synopsis may tout a love triangle tearing at its three connected hearts in early 20th century Turkey, Terry George's "The Promise" is less a limp romantic melodrama than it is a harrowing, heartbreaking epic tracing the attempt of an entire people to escape extermination. It is sturdy, compelling stuff, blending personal drama surrounding an Armenian medical student, an artist, and a journalist with the odyssey of Armenian villagers forced from their homes by the regime in power. Clear-eyed and gripping, the intriguing and tragic narrative is supported by a stellar cast and well-heeled production that moves at an involving clip. The work is impactful and, ultimately, inspiring.
hello, it’s time for logan’s semi-serious reviews
i am 1/4th armenian on my dad’s side; my great grandmother, hranoush “helen” jara-hian, who escaped the armenian genocide, died when i was seven. her father and brothers were killed by turkish soldiers, and her baby brother died of starvation during the escape. only she and her mother and sister made it to america. i’ve only read her journals once when i was younger, but i’ve been told the general story enough times to have the imagery of it burned in my mind. i didn’t grow up immersed in this culture, i wasn’t around any armenian community, it was all just this one story.
that said, i spent a lot of my early…
A return to genocide films for director Terry George, The Promise is a film made to build awareness about the Armenian genocide, the horror of the time, and the Turks' refusal to acknowledge the atrocities they committed. After it bombed financially, the studio even came out and said it was intended to raise awareness, not make money. Considering they did not fund it and it was instead funded by Kirk Kerkorian, an Armenian-American businessman and philanthropist who dedicated funding for a film about the Armenian genocide in his will, it is rather easy for them to say. Fortunately, The Promise is a film with greatly noble intentions, a powerful story, and solid execution. Featuring a love triangle between…
Apart from the fact that the film is highly "hollywoodian", it brings awareness to the Genocide, which obviously as an Armenian makes 100% harder for me to rate it objectively.
This movie's primary value is educational. I had heard about the Armenian genocide, of course, but knew very little about it. The writer/director researched it carefully for historical accuracy. The fictional love triangle characters simply give us a personal center for the story to revolve around. The cameo appearances by James Cromwell and Jean Reno were a nice touch.
“[...] all of your parents and all those families lost in an attempt to wipe our nation from the face of the earth. But we’re still here. We’re still here.”
“Our revenge will be to survive.”
This was a heartbreakingly beautiful film which isn’t really a surprise given it’s tragic basis. There’s so few works on the atrocities of the Armenian Genocide so it was a shame that the focus was a rather anticlimactic love triangle. I think it would’ve worked better if the story would’ve focused on the survival stories of the main characters instead of forcing them into a love triangle. The main actors and supporting cast were excellent. Oscar Isaac gave a breathtaking performance although his accent…
it's well made and sounds great on paper but my god this has got to be in the top five most boring films I've ever seen. also Oscar Isaac should have been gay; at least if only to make up for the missed star Wars opportunity. I don't make the rules
fuck the turkish government, all my niggas hate the turkish government!
but on aserious note, this film could’ve been a lot more powerful had the romantic part of the story of the film be entirely scrapped. setting a love story in the background of a genocide is well....hard to do. and you could tell that the love triangle was over ambitious. i found mikeal and emre’s friendship to be a lot more captivating than the other relationships. how beautiful of a juxtaposition that would be: a poor armenian boy and son of a turkish general becoming friends in spite of their differences. in the end, that was not the main focus and it’s a shame.
well acted, i particularly enjoyed…
I see people complaining about the love story like they just didn't witnesse a fucking genocide. Like, where the fuck are your priorities?
"The Promise" is a historic movie about the prosecution of the Armenian People in the early 20th century in Turkey.
What I really love about this movie is that it shows us something that history books in schools dont even bother mentioning: the Armenian Genocide - one of the greatest mass murders in human history.
This motion picture shows you how much blood was poured and how the state was ltrying to cover those murders - a crime against humanity! Up to this day they still dont acknowledge the genocide (even after 100 years) so that the wounds from the past can never heal.
It's unsurprising that the star of this movie is Christian Bale, whose character tried to help…
Don't you ever wake up wanting to update your reasons on why you hate humanity? Well, this is your movie.
I mean it's pretty well done and these movies do a great job shedding light into the past. The fact these exist means their pain was not in vain. Heck, the whole ottoman empire was a huge, culturally enriched, long lasting eociety that needs much more covering in modern media & speech. But goddammit why do you have to make me suffer so much?
Seems like the original content is just not that interesting and they just made it shine with hollywood parkour.
I'm still glad I saw it. I defitenly appreciate armenian people and journalism a lot more now.
How did you got ray william johnson to play the main part tho?/5
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