THE PROMISE (12A)

WHO’S IN IT?

Oscar Isaac (Ex Machina), Charlotte Le Bon (The Walk), Christian Bale (American Hustle), Daniel Giménez Cacho (We Are What We Are), Shohreh Aghdashloo (House of Sand and Fog), Abel Folk (Vicky Cristina Barcelona), Andrew Tarbet (Exodus: Gods and Kings), Angela Sarafyan (Kabluey), Armin Amiri (The Wrestler), Marwan Kenzari (Wolf), Yigal Naor (Green Zone), Garen Boyajian (Ararat), Kevork Malikyan (Mind Your Language), Numan Acar (The Cut), Roman Mitichyan (Argo), Jean Reno (Ronin), Tom Hollander (In The Loop), James Cromwell (Babe), Alicia Borrachero (Love in the Time of Cholera), Michael Stahl-David (Cloverfield)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Terry George (Hotel Rwanda), director, writer; Robin Swicord (Memoirs of a Geisha), writer; Eric Esrailian (film debut), William Horberg (Cold Mountain), Mike Medavoy (Shutter Island) and Ralph Winter (X-Men), producers; Gabriel Yared (The Talented Mr. Ripley), composer; Javier Aguirresarobe (Blue Jasmine), cinematographer; Steven Rosenblum (Braveheart), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

During the final days of the Ottoman Turkish Empire in 1914, Armenian medical student Michael (Isaac) falls in love with Parisian-raised Armenian woman Ana (Le Bon), as does American journalist Christopher (Bale)…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

A romantic historical epic on the largest of scales, The Promise is also a strong opportunity for Oscar Isaac to prove he can truly hold his own against an Oscar-winning actor like Christian Bale.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 28TH APRIL 2017

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