http://www.historyvshollywood.com/reelfaces/the-promise/
Holy S**t, I didn't know any of this until after I'd decided to buck the low IMDb ratings and go see it. I'm a fan of both Oscar Issac and Christian Bale, and a sucker for historical fiction-drama anyway, and came away from it impressed with the powerful story it told, especially the last third of the movie. I thought it was mostly about a love triangle, and the three main characters are fiction, but the background story is not, and as the above link reveals, it's a story that's been suppressed for almost a hundred years. Armenians have been on the periphery of my historical awareness for most of my life, until recently, and this really hits hard. R/T critics rate it as 47% due to the same IMDb processes I presume--but R/T's audiences likes it by 95%. I'll say no more except to recommend that you read about it and go see it. 9/10
Take a look at the Criticker scores--9, from t-5 to the earliest, four t-1s.