Fresh off a banner year that includedEx MachinaandStar Wars: The Force Awakens,Oscar Isaacreturns to team up withChristian BaleandCharlotte Le Bonin the upcoming dramaThe Promise. While a release date hasn’t been given for thisWorld War Idrama, Survival Pictures has released the first trailer forThe Promise. If it does end up getting released at the end of this year, it could end up becoming a sleeper pick during awards season.
The new trailer debuted on Survival Pictures’YouTube, offering our first footage from the movie. The story is set in the year 1914, and as the Great War looms, the vastOttoman Empireis crumbling. Constantinople (Istanbul), its once vibrant, multicultural capital is about to be consumed by chaos.
Michael Boghosian (Oscar Isaac), arrives in the cosmopolitan hub as a medical student determined to bring modern medicine back to Siroun, his ancestral village in Southern Turkey where Turkish Muslims and Armenian Christians have lived side by side for centuries. Photo-journalist Chris Myers (Christian Bale), has come here only partly to cover geo-politics. He is mesmerized by his love for Ana (Charlotte le Bon), an Armenian artist he has accompanied from Paris after the sudden death of her father.
When Michael meets Ana, their shared Armenian heritage sparks an attraction that explodes into a romantic rivalry between the two men even as Michael hangs on to a promise from his past. After the Turks join the war on the German side, the Empire turns violently against its ownethnic minorities. Despite their conflicts, everyone must find a way to survive - even as monumental events envelope their lives. The supporting cast includesShohreh Aghdashloo,Angela Sarafyan,Jean Reno,James Cromwell,Daniel Giminez CachoandMarwan Kenzari.
Terry George(Hotel Rwanda,Reservation Road,The Shore) directsThe Promisefrom a script he co-wrote withRobin Swicord(The Curious Case of Benjamin Button).Eric Esrailian,Mike Medavoy,Ralph WinterandWilliam Horbergserve as producers. Take a look at thenew trailerforThe Promise.
