The Promise
2005 · directed by Chen Kaige
- Rating
- 50/100
- Hit
- no
An orphaned girl, driven by poverty at such a young age, makes a promise with an enchantress. In return for beauty and the admiration of every man, she will never be with the man she loves. This spell cannot be broken unless the impossible happens: snow falling in spring and the dead coming back to life. Now a grown and beautiful princess, she regrets her promise, for all of the men she's loved has always been met with tragedy.
The Promise (2005), directed by Chen Kaige, rates 50/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.
Cast
- Cecilia Cheung
- Liu Ye
- Chen Hong
- Cheng Qian
- Jang Dong-gun
- Hiroyuki Sanada
- Nicholas Tse Ting-fung
- Yu Jinwei
- Guan Xiaotong
- Shi Lei
Crew
- Peter Pau Tak-hai — Director of Photography
- Matt Garner — Editor
- Klaus Badelt — Original Music Composer
- Charcoal Tan — Writer
- Chen Kaige — Writer
More from Chen Kaige
- Farewell My Concubine (1993) — 88/100 · hit
- Yellow Earth (1984) — 83/100 · hit
- To Each His Own Cinema (2007) — 79/100
- Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet (2002) — 76/100
- The Emperor and the Assassin (1998) — 74/100
- Together (2002) — 70/100
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