From his childhood in Poland to his adolescence in Nice to his years as a student in Paris and his tough training as a pilot during World War II, this tragi-comedy tells the romantic story of Romain Gary, one of the most famous French novelists and sole writer to have won the Goncourt Prize for French literature two times.
La Promesse de l'aube is of 2 hour(s) and 10 minute(s). It is Produced By: Nexus Factory. It was released on 2017-12-20. It has an average vote of 7.309 on TMDB.
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