Review of The Promise (2016) by Zork90 — 20 Apr 2017

Beautiful film that tackles a topic that unfortunately has not been brought up to light enough even after 102 years. I really like the way the capture the horror and pain but yet keep the cinematography and imagery on a level that is not gruesome or overly graphic, which makes the film suitable for educational purposes. So I hope this will be seen by many people, especially younger audiences to learn more of this forgotten and dusty era of WW1.

Great cast with great performances, I can totally see Oscar Isaac getting an Oscar nomination for this, maybe even win one. Amazing actor and I think Oscar deserves Oscar. (cheesy I know).

All in all, definitely worth a watch, it's absolutely crazy that these events actually happened and has been ignored far too long. The consequences of that apathy from the rest of the world is very clear when we look at modern day Turkey and what is going on right now in Syria/Iraq/Turkey.