Promise at Dawn

Promise at Dawn

2017 · 130 min · FR · 7.3 (439 votes)
Dir. Eric Barbier · Starring Pierre Niney, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Didier Bourdon, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Finnegan Oldfield, Catherine McCormack
DramaRomance

From his childhood in Poland to his adolescence in Nice to his years as a student in Paris and his tough training as a pilot during World War II, this tragi-comedy tells the romantic story of Romain Gary, one of the most famous French novelists and sole writer to have won the Goncourt Prize for French literature two times.

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A sweeping, romantic epic charting a life of grand ambition and profound love. It feels like a grand, sweeping saga, full of artistic yearning and bittersweet sacrifice, perfect for a reflective mood.

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