Réalisation:
Eric BarbierPhotographie:
Glynn SpeeckaertActeurs·trices:
Charlotte Gainsbourg, Pierre Niney, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Finnegan Oldfield, Didier Bourdon, Jean-Marie Winling, Nemo Schiffman (plus)Résumés(1)
De son enfance difficile en Pologne en passant par son adolescence sous le soleil de Nice, jusqu'à ses exploits d'aviateur en Afrique pendant la Seconde Guerre Mondiale... Romain Gary a vécu une vie extraordinaire. Mais cet acharnement à vivre mille vies, à devenir un grand homme et un écrivain célèbre, c'est à Nina, sa mère, qu'il le doit. C'est l'amour fou de cette mère attachante et excentrique qui fera de lui un des romanciers majeurs du XXème siècle, à la vie pleine de rebondissements, de passions et de mystères. Mais cet amour maternel sans bornes sera aussi son fardeau pour la vie... (Pathé Films)
(plus)Critiques (2)
Romain Gary's Promise at Dawn is a rewrite of the Goncourt Prize-winning autobiography of the same name. Charlotte Gainsbourg beautifully plays the role of a loving mother who, although destitute, raises her son with only the best future in mind for him. Beautiful are the chapters from pre-war Poland, the setting of Paul Poiret in the plot, Ivan Mozzhukhin served as a male role model for a change, and even though our hero was Jewish, he lived through the war without all the clichés that a viewer familiar with the period context might fear.
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Eric Barbier has brilliantly transposed this autobiographical novel by writer and war hero Romain Gary into movie form, and the amazing Charlotte Gainsbourg literally breathed life into his mother with her brilliant performance. However, it should be noted that Pierre Niney also handled the role of her beloved son perfectly. I really enjoyed the humorous detachment with which this powerful human story was told. (85%)
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