feature film - 2019 - 105'
screenwriter
Robert Alberdingk Thijm
director
Norbert ter Hall
production
All yours film
co-production
Minds meet
Executive producer
Willy Waltz International
“The Promise of Pisa” is a dramatized portrait of a Moroccan youngster who has a strong resemblance to novelist Mano Bouzamour. It is his story that, in all its specific and highly personal details, tells the universal story of a boy who has to become himself. It is also the story of a generation of young people who must free themselves from the expectations and judgments of both their parents and the society in which they grow up. A story that is both contemporary and universal.
★★★★★ Parool
‘A tantalising film about the desire for freedom and loyalty.’
★★★★ NRC
‘A beautiful, melancholic film.’
★★★★ Trouw
‘A dazzling drama.’
★★★★ Nederlands Dagblad
'Speed and boyisch bravado.'