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Promise at Dawn
20172h 10m7.2 / 10
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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Synopsis
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.
Cast, crew and production details
About Promise at Dawn
Cast
Pierre NineyRomain Gary
Charlotte GainsbourgNina Kacew
Didier BourdonAlex Gubernatis
Jean-Pierre DarroussinZaremba
Finnegan OldfieldCaptain Langer
Catherine McCormackLesley Blanch
Pawel PuchalskiRomain (8-10 years old)
Némo SchiffmanRomain (14-16 years old)Credits
- Directed by
- Eric Barbier
- Written by
- Eric Barbier, Marie Eynard, Romain Gary
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- French
- Original title
- La Promesse de l'aube
- Box office
- $9.2M
Production
Nexus FactoryBelgium
Themes
based on memoir or autobiographybased on novel or bookbiographical dramafamous actorfrench actorfrench actressfrench air force
