Next January, Isabelle Huppert will return to the cinema as the mayor approached to become minister in Les Promesses. Trailer.
Presented in the Orizzonti section of the last Venice Film Festival, Les Promesses, the first images of which have just been unveiled, will arrive in French cinemas on January 26th.
This drama directed by Thomas Kruithof, to whom we owe the spy thriller Shadow Mechanics with François Cluzet, features Isabelle Huppert in the role of a politician grappling with the biggest choice of her career.
Mayor of a city in the 93, Clémence delivers with Yazid (Reda Kateb), his chief of staff, a fierce battle to save the district of Bernardins, a city undermined by insalubrity and “sleep merchants”.
This will be his last fight, before handing over to the next election. But when Clémence is approached to become a minister, her ambition calls into question all her plans. Can Clémence abandon her city, her loved ones, and renounce her promises?
Co-written with Jean-Baptiste Delafon, the co-creator of Baron Noir, and also with Naidra Ayadi and Soufiane Guerrab in the cast, Les Promesses promises a realistic dive into French political life, locally and through elected officials who fight for their city. But also a beautiful film duo with the talented Isabelle Huppert and Reda Kateb.
Before playing a politician, Isabelle Huppert had played a drug dealer in La Daronne: