The Promised Life

Sylvie is a hooker whose illegitimate daughter commits a crime. She and her daughter flee to find Sylvie's first love in the countryside. The daughter is trying to get to know her unwilling mother. Along the way, the two meet a male fugitive and bond with each other.

Cast

Isabelle Huppert

as Sylvia

Pascal Greggory

as Joshua

Maud Forget

as Laurence

Fabienne Babe

as Sandra

André Marcon

as Piotr

Louis-Do de Lencquesaing

as Mackerel

David Martins

as Mackerel

Édith Le Merdy

as Woman of the hamlet

Denis Braccini

as Plainclothes policeman

Irène Ismaïloff

as Wife of the plainclothes policeman

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