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Promise (A Promise)
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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Germany, 1912. Friedrich (Richard Madden, Game Of Thrones), a graduate of humble origins, takes up a cIericaI post in a steel factory, soon becoming the private secretary and boarder of elderIy owner Karl (Alan Rickman, Harry Potter). There he meets Lotte (Rebecca Hall, Vicky Cristina BarceIona), KarI's reserved and beautiful young wife. Starting an iIIicit romance, the two young lovers' dreams are dashed when KarI announces he's sending his secretary to oversee his mines in Mexico. But Lotte makes a promise to Friedrich: when he returns in two years, she wiIl be his no matter what. With the outbreak of World War l prohibiting his return to Germany, Friedrich must wait eight Iong years before returning to Europe and finding out if the woman he pines for has kept her promise during that brutaI passage of time. With Iush period detaiI, director Patrice Leconte's A Promise is a sumptuous testament to the enduring power of Iove. |
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