The Promise

(2016)

★ 6.8 IMDb · 518 votes

Genres: History, Romance, Drama

Year: 2016

Runtime: 133 мин

Country: Spain, United States of America

Director: Terry George

Cast: Оскар Айзек, Charlotte Le Bon, Кристиан Бейл, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Том Холландер, Шоре Агдашлу, Раде Шербеджия, Марван Кензари, Анджела Сарафян, Нуман Аджар

Plot

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.

The film tells the story of Michael (Oscar Isaac), a young Armenian who dreams of studying medicine. When he travels to Constantinople to study, he meets Armenian Ana (Charlotte Le Bon) and falls in love with her, although she dates the American photographer Chris (Christian Bale), sent to Turkey to record the first genocide of the 20th century when the Turks exterminated the Armenian minority. A love triangle settles amidst the horrors of war.