It
is 1914. As the Great War looms, the vast Ottoman Empire is crumbling.
Constantinople (Istanbul), its once vibrant, multicultural capital is about to
be consumed by chaos.
Michael
Boghosian (Oscar Isaac), arrives in the cosmopolitan hub as a medical student
determined to bring modern medicine back to Siroun, his ancestral village in
Southern Turkey where Turkish Muslims and Armenian Christians have lived side
by side for centuries.
Photo-journalist
Chris Myers (Christian Bale), has come here only partly to cover geo-politics.
He is mesmerized by his love for Ana (Charlotte le Bon), an Armenian artist he
has accompanied from Paris after the sudden death of her father.
When
Michael meets Ana, their shared Armenian heritage sparks an attraction that
explodes into a romantic rivalry between the two men even as Michael hangs on
to a promise from his past. After the Turks join the war on the German side,
the Empire turns violently against its own ethnic minorities. Despite their
conflicts, everyone must find a way to survive — even as monumental events
envelope their lives.
Directed
by Terry George ("Hotel Rwanda"), The Promise also stars Jean Reno,
Shohreh Aghdashloo, James Cromwell, Daniel Giminez Cacho, Angela Sarafyan, and Marwan
Kenzari.
No
release date has yet been announced.
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