PROMISE brings us back to Vilna in the interwar period. In spite of her poverty a mother foretell a bright future for Romain, her 10-year-old son.
The only one to believe her words is the aging Mr. Piekielny . but he also forces the boy to make him a curious promise; a promise only time
can tell if Romain will keep. This piece of reality is described by the French diplomat and writer,
Romain Gary, in his autobiography, Promise At Dawn; The three directors made a promise to each other and transformed this into the film, PROMISE.
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