The Promise

2017 "Empires fall. Love survives."
6.1| 2h13m| PG-13| en| More Info
Released: 21 April 2017 Released
Producted By: Open Road Films
Country: United States of America
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Official Website: http://www.survivalpictures.org/the-promise/
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Set during the last days of the Ottoman Empire, a love triangle develops between Mikael, a brilliant medical student, the beautiful and sophisticated artist Ana, and Chris, a renowned American journalist based in Paris.

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Acensbart Excellent but underrated film
Hayden Kane There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes
Arianna Moses Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.
Kaydan Christian A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.
adkmtser-64644 I flipped past this film on many occasions, judging by the inaccurate or stealth description, that the main topic was a love triangle "amidst the breakdown of the Ottoman Empire." As many reviewers have noted, the subject of this film is the Armenian Genocide by the Turkish government during World War 1. And to this day, the Turks have not apologized or owned up to the facts. And, under the present ruler, no honest appraisal will be forthcoming from Turkey. Finally, the story has been told, and it needs to be heard.
diladuman If you're making a history movie, why are you narrating the story from a narrow point of view? Of course for the political reasons. There are much more to know about World War 1 and what was going on there in Turkey. This movie is just made to calumniate Turkish people. War is harsh, especially if you have minorities who are cooperating with the enemy. 17 million Turkish people died in World War 1. It is so useless to make it seem like Turkish people barbarically and out of blue, killed Armanians. Where is the other side of the story? What Turkish have gone through fighting with French, English, Italian, Greek and Armanian? It is a cheesy, meaningless love theme put into an argumentative view of history. Waste of time, and a dark stain for the name of Christian Bale.
Ian It doesn't say so in the blurb, but this is about the first genocidal Holocaust in 1915 when the Ottoman empire tried to exterminate the Armenians. 1.5 million Armenian were murdered.It is also, as the blurb suggests, the story of a love triangle. Together they form a wonderful movie, sad but uplifting at the same time.There are many 1* reviews which seem to be the work of deniers - Turkey still refuses to acknowledge the crime of genocide - but it still scores quite highly on IMDB. Don't let the fake reviews put you off. This is a superbly scripted story, brilliantly directed and with oscar-worthy performers. It's not preachy, it's just a darn good, compelling story, excellently told.Watch it!
mjdsj Great movie. So glad the truth is now being reported. It is painful to see, but must see we must