La Promesse (1996) character relationship network mapped with AI analysis. Explore the connections, alliances, and conflicts between characters.
A 15-year-old apprentice mechanic and the film's protagonist. Torn between filial loyalty to his father's criminal enterprise and his own emerging moral conscience, he becomes the ethical center of th...
Igor's father and the film's primary antagonist. A ruthless slumlord and human smuggler who exploits undocumented workers for construction scams and illegal housing, representing moral compromise and...
Amidou's wife and a widow fighting for dignity and rightful compensation. She embodies the humanity and suffering of the exploited immigrant community, serving as a moral counterweight to Roger's gree...
Another undocumented worker involved in the construction and smuggling operations. Highlights the precarious conditions faced by the immigrant labor force.
An undocumented immigrant worker and catalyst for the plot. His fatal fall from a scaffold during a surprise inspection triggers the central moral dilemma and the promise that unravels the family's il...
Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.
The plot explicitly identifies Roger as Igor's father, while Igor works under him and struggles with filial loyalty.
Assita is identified as Amidou's wife, and she refuses to leave because she believes he may still be nearby.
Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.
Rosalie helps Igor and Assita at the hospital and takes both of them to a seer for guidance.
Rosalie helps pay for the baby's hospital treatment, lends Assita her identification, and helps arrange travel to a relative in Italy.
Igor pays Nabil to pretend to owe Amidou money and deliver funds to Assita, while Nabil agrees before informing Roger.
Roger and Nabil cooperate in trafficking undocumented immigrants and construction operations.
Roger sends a false telegram in Amidou's name and plans to drive Assita to Cologne to sell her into prostitution.
Igor gives Assita heating supplies, helps her report the case, drives her toward medical care, and arranges travel assistance.
Roger houses and exploits undocumented workers, refuses to send the injured Amidou to a hospital, and conceals his death.
Igor returns to the apartment and finds Nabil trying to sexually assault Assita.
A teenager breaks from his father's criminal world after promising to protect a vulnerable family and confronting the truth about a concealed death.
Directed by Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
La Promesse (1996) · 7.2/10 · drama
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