---
title: 'Promise at Dawn (2017)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Éric Barbier'
released: '2017-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 131
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'History'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'France'
  - 'Belgium'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/promise-at-dawn-2017'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5061360/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Promise at Dawn (2017)

2017 · 131 min · Drama, History, Romance · France, Belgium

Original title: La Promesse de l'aube

## Synopsis

Promise at Dawn is a 2017 drama film directed by Éric Barbier, from a screenplay written by Barbier and Marie Eynard. It is the second screen adaptation of Romain Gary's 1960 autobiographical novel Promise at Dawn, following Jules Dassin's 1970 version. The film is a co-production between France and Belgium. It stars Pierre Niney and Charlotte Gainsbourg. It had its world premiere at the 22nd Busan International Film Festival on 14 October 2017. It was released in France and Belgium on 20 December 2017.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Éric Barbier](https://cinepixo.com/people/eric-barbier)
- **Screenplay:** [Éric Barbier](https://cinepixo.com/people/eric-barbier)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Max Richter](https://cinepixo.com/people/max-richter), [Renaud Barbier](https://cinepixo.com/people/renaud-barbier)
- **Producer:** [Jérôme Seydoux](https://cinepixo.com/people/jerome-seydoux), [Philippe Rousselet](https://cinepixo.com/people/philippe-rousselet), [Éric Jehelmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/eric-jehelmann)
- **Director of Photography:** [Glynn Speeckaert](https://cinepixo.com/people/glynn-speeckaert)
- **Editor:** [Jennifer Augé](https://cinepixo.com/people/jennifer-auge)

## Cast

- [Nemo Schiffman](https://cinepixo.com/people/nemo-schiffman)
- [Charlotte Gainsbourg](https://cinepixo.com/people/charlotte-gainsbourg)
- [Pierre Niney](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierre-niney)
- [Jean-Pierre Darroussin](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-pierre-darroussin)
- [Izabela Gwizdak](https://cinepixo.com/people/izabela-gwizdak)
- [Jean-Marie Winling](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-marie-winling)
- [Didier Bourdon](https://cinepixo.com/people/didier-bourdon)
- [Catherine McCormack](https://cinepixo.com/people/catherine-mccormack)
- [Martin Loizillon](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-loizillon)

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