The Promise

For a person who has been to the places that Kosminsky had shot, this piece of work is certainly worth the praise and had pushed me to write my first review on IMDb.

This outstanding piece of work, especially in photography and editing, indeed moves different audiences. The analogy between the past and the presence presents a different approach to seeing the Palestinian cause, especially from a foreigner's point of view.

The director is first a true historian, then a talented artist and finally an outstanding director. I sent this series to all of my family and friends as a must-watch.

Have any one here heard of "Rachel Corrie", This Girl has VERY similar story with the protagonist of this series, Except that "Rachel" (American) Died cold blooded on the Hands of Israeli forces.

The work is a piece of art, the Music is good, Acting Hits very very hard by the 2 main leads, mother Uren wasn't the best though.

I know some people in middle east from Palestine who told something very very similar to what happens in this series, it is very very accurate, and really on point of the Palestine/Israel conflict.

Really great work by the director, and a Must watch for anyone who wants to understand this conflict.

And a fun watch for anybody else.

Highly Recommended.

Astonishing is all I can say, I fail to find the words to describe this piece of work. Maybe being an Arab who's heart breaks in two every time he hears about his neighboring country and how they were left helpless to struggle and still are effects me more, maybe thats why the movie got to me so deeply. I wouldn't want to take the credit off the producer nor the cast or anyone who participated in this magnificent work good job. This is a must see series. People (ofcourse I know which sort of people) will start to take us into the small details of events and how the IDF does that and doesn't do that, I believe the picture is clear for those who have hearts and minds to see with.

I caught this on a streaming service years ago, liked it, then bought the box set on DVD.

Good luck finding it now.

I just tried to "buy" it from amazon prime video and it was nowhere to be found.

Both Britain and Israel had fits with this movie because both of them felt that their countries histories and political positions had been inaccurately presented. So apparently they've succeeded in erasing this movie from cyber space. Pity.

The truth is that any organized government has enough mindless bureaucratic incompetence to supply an abundance of "unfortunate" evil into the world. Just pick up the newspaper.

The story is about a spoiled, bored, and aimless teenager who discovers that the grandfather the hardly knows was both a witness and a participant to a contested yet integral confluence of modern history.

She decides to take upon herself the task of fulfilling an unfulfilled promise made by her grandfather in his youth.

She pursues such with total disregard to the political landscape or sensitivity to the people she is involved with.

Six episodes of well researched but still semi-historical antics. Highly recommended.

This mini series has a great plot. The parallel stories of Erin and Len Matthews are told in a really convincing way, with enlightening comparisons between the situation of Israel in 1946-1948 and today. I personally did not know much about the role of the British army in the couple of years prior to the creation of the State of Israel, and so I found Len's journey particularly interesting. The film is very didactic and is thus accessible to people who are not too familiar with the roots of the Israel-Palestine conflict. My only disappointment was the way Erin's character turns into a caricature in episodes 3 to 4. Her stubbornness and lack of respect for the lives of others make her really irritating. She puts other peoples' lives at risk multiple times and her behaviour is so reckless, despite her rather hazy motives, that it becomes unbelievable at times. Other than that, a very enjoyable series.