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A Promise is a 2013 English-language French drama romance film directed by Patrice Leconte and written by Patrice Leconte and Jérôme Tonnerre. The story is based on Stefan Zweig's 1929 novel Widerstand der Wirklichkeit (translated into English as Journey into the Past) and stars Rebecca Hall , Alan Rickman , Richard Madden , and Maggie Steed .
13% Tomatometer 24 Reviews 24% Audience Score 250+ Ratings In the early 20th century, a love triangle forms between an ailing factory owner, his young bride and his protege. Read More Read Less
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- Patrice Leconte
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- Rebecca Hall
Apr 18, 2014 · “A Promise,” the first English-language film by the French director Patrice Leconte, tells the story of an industrialist, his wife and his assistant.
- Stephen Holden
- Patrice Leconte
Jul 31, 2014 · Alan Rickman and Rebecca Hall star in A Promise, a period drama based on a Stefan Zweig novella. The Guardian's Peter Bradshaw reviews this agonising adaptation, which explores a forbidden love ...
Apr 16, 2014 · A Promise: Directed by Patrice Leconte. With Rebecca Hall, Alan Rickman, Richard Madden, Toby Murray. A romantic drama set in Germany just before WWI and centered on a married woman who falls in love with her husband's protégé.
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- Drama, Romance
- Patrice Leconte
- 2014-04-16
Alan Rickman and Rebecca Hall star in this sensible but staid English-language period drama from French director Patrice Leconte (‘Intimate Strangers’).
Apr 13, 2014 · Based on Stefan Zweig’s novella Journey into the Past, A Promise is a curiously conventional affair for the usually unpredictable Patrice Leconte. In pre-WWI Germany, up-and-coming secretary Friedrich Zeitz (Richard Madden) is whisked off to factory owner Hoffmeister’s (Alan Rickman) estate to serve as a tutor for his young son.
