Clémence, the fearless mayor of a town near Paris, is completing the final term of her political career. With her faithful right-hand man Yazid, she has long fought for this town plagued by inequality, unemployment and slumlords. However, when Clémence is approached to become Minister, her ambition arises, questioning her devotion and commitment to her citizens. Will her political integrity and election promises survive her newly found ambition?
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Cast
32 people
Isabelle Huppert
Clémence Collombet
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Yazid Jabbi
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Naidra Ayadi
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Hervé Pierre
Pierre Messac
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Walid Afkir
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Thomas Kruithof Director · Jean-Baptiste Delafon Writer Grégoire Auger Composer
First release September 1, 2021 · Produced in France · Production France 2 Cinéma
Production
24 25 Films
Production
France 2 Cinéma
Production
France
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Original title
Les Promesses
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
Italy · September 1, 2021
Premiere · Venice Film Festival
France · January 26, 2022
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Belgium
January 26, 2022 · Theatrical
Brazil
October 11, 2022 · Premiere · Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival
January 23, 2023 · Theatrical
France
December 17, 2021 · Premiere · Les Arcs International Film Festival
May 25, 2022 · Digital · VOD
June 8, 2022 · Physical · DVD & Blu-Ray
December 13, 2022 · Digital · MyCanal
December 13, 2022 · TV · Canal + (coup de cœur)
March 24, 2025 · TV · France 3
Greece
April 7, 2022 · Theatrical
Italy
March 10, 2022 · Theatrical
Netherlands
April 9, 2022 · Premiere · Movies That Matter Festival
Norway
July 8, 2022 · Theatrical
Poland
October 15, 2021 · Premiere · Warsaw Film Festival
Singapore
November 11, 2021 · Premiere · French Film Festival
Spain
March 23, 2022 · Premiere · Málaga Film Festival
June 24, 2022 · Theatrical
Sweden
March 18, 2022 · Theatrical
Taiwan
June 24, 2022 · Premiere · Taipei Film Festival
Türkiye
April 14, 2022 · Premiere · Istanbul Film Festival
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