Deauville, Kiehl’s Club, September 5 2017

The Promise is a 2016 American historical drama film directed by Terry George and starring Oscar Isaac, Charlotte Le Bon and Christian Bale, set in the final years of the Ottoman Empire. The film premiered on September 11, 2016, at the Toronto International Film Festival and was released in the United States on April 21, 2017, by Open Road Films.

The Promise is about a love triangle that develops between Mikael (Isaac), an Armenian medical student, Chris (Bale), a Paris-based American journalist, and Ana (Le Bon), an Armenian-born woman raised in France, immediately before the Armenian Genocide. The film was a box office bomb, grossing just $10 million against its $90 million budget, although the studio noted the main purpose of the film was to bring attention to the story, not make money.

Synopsis:
Set during the last days of the Ottoman Empire, The Promise follows a love triangle between Michael, a brilliant medical student, the beautiful and sophisticated Ana, and Chris – a renowned American journalist based in Paris.

The Promise

Directed by Terry George
Produced by Eric Esrailian, Mike Medavoy, William Horberg

Written by Terry George, Robin Swicord

Starring Oscar Isaac, Charlotte Le Bon, Christian Bale, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Rade Šerbedžija

Music by Gabriel Yared

Cinematography: Javier Aguirresarobe

Edited by Steven Rosenblum

Production company: Survival Pictures, Phoenix Pictures

Distributed by Open Road Films (theatrical), Universal Studios (home media)

Running time: 134 minutes

Country: United States