La Promesse [Priced-down Reissue]

[Machine Translation] The Boy and His Bicycle" Commemorates 2012 Theatrical Release! The first low-priced release of the Dardenne Brothers' first three films! A promise too beautiful and too cruel to keep. The Dardenne brothers' original masterpiece, applauded at Cannes and critically acclaimed around the world! Igor's Promise" won the FIPRESCI Prize at the Directors' Fortnight of the 1996 Cannes International Film Festival, where it was greeted with thunderous applause as soon as it finished screening. The film has since been critically acclaimed at film festivals around the world, including New York. The Dardenne brothers, who began their career as documentary filmmakers, have risen to the forefront of international filmmaking with a unique style that removes all sentimentalism from their characters. --Igor is a 15-year-old boy who lives guilt-free, beholden to his father, a dealer in illegal alien labor. One day, a promise made to a dying foreign worker creates a conflict in his heart. To keep his promise would be to betray his father. Igor, while suffering, faces the truth and awakens to himself.

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『少年と自転車』2012年劇場公開記念! ダルデンヌ兄弟初期3作品を初廉価版リリース!! あまりに美しく、そして残酷なひとつの約束。カンヌで喝采を浴び、世界中で絶賛されたダルデンヌ兄弟の原点ともいえる傑作! 1996年カンヌ国際映画祭監督週間、『イゴールの約束』は上映終了と同時に満場の拍手に包まれ国際芸術映画評論連盟賞を受賞する。その後もニューヨークをはじめ世界中の映画祭で絶賛される。ドキュメンタリーからスタートした監督のダルデンヌ兄弟は、その登場人物から一切のセンチメンタリズムを削ぎ取る独特な演出をもって世界の第一線に踊り出た。――違法外国人労働者の売人である父親に従属し、罪の意識もなく生きる15歳の少年イゴール。ある日、瀕死の外国人労働者と交わしたひとつの約束が、彼の心の葛藤を生む。約束を守ることは、父親を裏切ることになる。イゴールは、苦しみながら真実と向き合い、自分に目覚めていく。

ダルデンヌ兄弟監督作 劇場予告編