If you loved Pope Joan, try The Promise
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Theysit in Drama / History / Romance territory. If that's the register that drew you to Pope Joan, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
What The Promise is
A medical student, an artist, and a journalist circle war-torn Constantinople like vultures with soft hearts. Their doomed romance plays out against a collapsing empire, where politics and passion collide like trains running late. A noble attempt to dress a history lecture in Armani.

