Promise at Dawn
Dec 20 2017
•2h 10m
•Drama, Romance
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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Pierre Niney
Romain Gary
Charlotte Gainsbourg
Nina Kacew
Didier Bourdon
Alex Gubernatis
Jean-Pierre Darroussin
Zaremba
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