The Promise Trailer
Channel: Pusat Komas
Date: 27/07/2016

The Promise || Sun, Aug 21, 2016, 7pm – 9pm, followed by Q&A with filmmaker Marcus Vetter.

Register to attend: http://freedomfilmfest.komas.org/registration-fff-pj-2016/

Trailer: https://youtu.be/-3gh9B25sNQ

On March 30, 1985, Elizabeth’s parents were brutally murdered in their Virginia home in USA. The authorities suspect Elizabeth and her lover Jen and they flee the country to Asia and Europe but were finally arrested in April 30, 1986 and Jen was convicted of the crime. He was 19 years then and after having spent more than half of his life in prison in the United States, he is now 48 years old. He has been denied parole 13 times and the next hearing is in 2016. New forensic evidence and other discoveries have thrown dramatic twists to his conviction and these are captured in this film which is a love story, a tragedy, a mystery, a tale about provincial America and of the American justice system.

Pada 30 haribulan Mac 1985, kedua ibu bapa Elizabeth telah dibunuh dengan kejam dalam rumah mereka di Virginia, Amerika Syarikat. Setelah disyaki untuk jenayah tersebut Elizabeth bersama kekasihnya Jen telah melarikan diri ke Asia dan Eropah. Namun mereka berjaya ditangkap pada 30 April 1986 di mana Jen telah disabitkan atas pembunuhan tersebut semasa umurnya 19 tahun. Setelah meringkuk di dalam sebuah penjara di Amerika syarikat selama lebih separuh hayatnya, beliau kini berumur 48 tahun. Permohonan parol beliau juga telah dinafikan sebanyak 13 kali dan perbicaraan seterusnya akan diadakan pada tahun 2016. Penenuan bukti forensic terkini telah memberikan corak nada yang baru kepada kes beliau. Filem ini menceritakan sebuah kisah cinta, tragedi, misteri serta menghuraikan sistem keadilan di Amerika Syarikat.