The Promised Life
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Olivier Dahan
Isabelle Huppert
Pascal Greggory
Maud Forget
Fabienne Babe
Andre Marcon
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Synopsis
Sylvia is a prostitute in Nice, with a self-protective talent for blocking out huge chunks of her past. When her 14-year-old daughter, Laurence, skips out on foster care to see her biological mom, Sylvia is rudely dismissive. In an episode of bad timing, Laurence ends up stabbing a pimp in Sylvia's apartment. Estranged mother and daughter beat a hasty retreat heading north via train, bus and the kindness of strangers to reunite with the husband and 8-year-old son she skipped out on after the boy's birth landed her in a psychiatric hospital. Sylvia's heartbreaking and perhaps impossible goal is nothing short of trying to put all the things that have come apart in her life back together again.
Director
Olivier Dahan
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Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States April 16, 2004
Released in United States on Video February 20, 2007
Released in United States Spring March 5, 2004
Released in United States on Video February 20, 2007
Released in United States Spring March 5, 2004
Released in United States April 16, 2004 (Los Angeles)
