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The Promise
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.… Read more
12% (9,797)
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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.… Read more
12% (9,797)
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2005 · 2h 1m · ★ 12% (9.8K)
Director: Chen Kaige
Starring: Cecilia Cheung, Liu Ye, Chen Hong
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.
Chen Kaige
21 Century Shengkai Film, Capgen Investment Group, Moonstone Entertainment, Warner Independent Pictures, Salon Films, China Film Group Corporation
Cecilia Cheung, Liu Ye, Chen Hong, Cheng Qian, Jang Dong-gun, Hiroyuki Sanada, Nicholas Tse Ting-Fung, Yu Jinwei, Guan Xiaotong, Shi Lei, Lu Peng, Anthony Brandon Wong, Qian Bo