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Oscar Issac in a scene from The Promise.
The Promise , the Armenian Genocide-themed feature produced by Kirk Kerkorian s Survival Pictures will have its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival this weekend. The film will be featured as one of the event s coveted opening galas on September 11. The film, which hails from awardwinning director of Hotel Rwanda, Terry George, stars Golden Globe winner Oscar Issac, Academy Award winning actor Christian Bale and Charlotte Le Bon in the lead. Michael, a humble Armenian apothecary, leaves his village to study medicine in cosmopolitan Constantinople. Chris, an American photojournalist who has come to the country to partly cover the geopolitics, is in a relationship with the talented Ana, a Paris-educated, Armenian artist. When Michael meets Ana, their shared heritage sparks an attraction that explodes into a romantic rivalry between
the two men. After the Turks join the war on the German side, the Ottoman Empire turns violently against its own ethnic minorities. Despite their conflicts, everyone must find a way to survive even as monumental events envelope their lives, reads the film synopsis on the TIFF website. The Promise , which was shot in Europe last fall, is expected to hit theaters as early as December. Speaking about Kerkorian s role, Marian Koltai-Levine, director of the Film s Marketing and Distribution company, said to TorontoHye that the philanthropist was actively involved in the research and preproduction phases of the film. He was the film s greatest champion, heart, and soul, she added: In 2012, we formed Survival Pictures to turn his dream into a reality." George, who was nominated for a best director Oscar for Hotel Rwanda, co-wrote The Promise with another Academy Award nominated
screenwriter Robin Swicord. In March 2013, George was a guest of the Armenian State Pedagogical University, where the Irish filmmaker compared the Armenian Genocide to the 1994 Rwandan Genocide. "Kirk's very specific wish was for us to do something different as a team and something that would be more consistent with the cinematic flavor of the classics that he grew up with, said Koltai Levine. He did not want the film to feel like a history lesson or lecture in the form of a movie. He wanted it to be moving and entertaining." The film is produced by Eric Esrailian and also stars Charlotte Le Bon, James Cromwell, Marwan Kenzari, Jean Reno, Shohreh Aghdashloo and Angela Sarafyan, among others. The entertainment blog, The Playlist, gave an early prediction that The Promise will be on a short list for Academy Award consideration in 2017.