The promises: Isabelle Huppert and Reda Kateb politically correct (critic)

The actress plays the mayor of a city of 93 expected to become a minister.

Selected in competition at the Venice Mostra 2021, The promises is the fourth feature film of Thomas Kruithof. After Shadow mechanics Released in 2017 and since available on Netflix, Kruithof returns to its favorite subject: politics. His political film is to (re) see this Monday evening on France 3.

With Isabelle Hupper And Reda Kateb In the leading roles, he stages the journey of Clémence, mayor of a city of 93, which delivers with Yazid, its chief of staff, a fierce battle to save the Bernardins district, a city undermined by insanitary and the “sleep merchants”. It will be his last fight, before handing over to the next election. But when Clémence is approached to become a minister, his ambition calls into question all his plans. Can Clémence abandon her city, her loved ones, and give up her promises?

The promises sees his casting being completed by Naidra Ayadi, Jean-Paul Bordes, Laurent Poitrenaux And Soufiane Guerrab. Here is the criticism of Firstfollowed by the film’s trailer:

Clémence (Isabelle Huppert), mayor of a city of 93, is about to hand over to the next election. His latest fight will be to save the Bernardins district, a dilapidated and mined by sleep merchants. But while the aborted possibility of becoming a minister revives political aspirations, Clémence hesitates to finally re -stack at the town hall … The promises intends to show the impossible sincerity of politicians, drugged in power more than in the common good. Theme Rebattu but rarely tackled at the local level: the initial charm of the film is in its ability to stage the fear of emptiness as a rocking point of a small mayor without great importance. A fire that turns off later, while the story takes a slightly soft suspense as crutch.

Isabelle Huppert, 2nd best actress of the 21st century according to the NY Times