The Promised Life
September 4, 2002•1h 33m•★ 5.3
Drama
Sylvie is a hooker whose illegitimate daughter commits a crime. She and her daughter flee to find Sylvie's first love in the countryside. The daughter is trying to get to know her unwilling mother. Along the way, the two meet a male fugitive and bond with each other.
Director
Olivier DahanCast
Isabelle Huppert
Sylvia
Pascal Greggory
Joshua
Maud Forget
Laurence
Fabienne Babe
Sandra
André Marcon
Piotr
Louis-Do de Lencquesaing
Mackerel
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David Martins
Mackerel
Édith Le Merdy
Woman of the hamlet
Denis Braccini
Plainclothes policeman
Irène Ismaïloff
Wife of the plainclothes policeman
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Naguime Bendidi
Trucker
Frédéric Maranber
Motel manager
Valérie Flan
Farm woman
Paul-Alexandre Bardela
Little boy from the farm
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Abdelkader
Policeman at the toll booth