The Promise (2006)
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- Synopsis
- Love and war conspire to create a romantic triangle in this lavish historical epic from director Chen Kaige. A young girl who has lost her parents to the violence of war bravely refuses to obey the orders of a warrior's son, and is approached by a ......
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- Starring
- Hiroyuki Sanada, Jang Dong-gun, Cecilia Cheung, Nicholas Tse, Liu Ye
- Director(s)
- Chen Kaige
- Distributor(s)
- Warner Independent
- MPAA Rating
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 128 min.
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The Onion (A.V. Club) | Tasha RobinsonAdd Critic to Favorites
For Kaige, The Promise can't exactly be called a return to form--it's more a return to "Hero" and "House Of Flying Daggers" director Zhang Yimou's form. Either way, it's still glorious.Read the full review
Los Angeles Times | Kevin ThomasAdd Critic to Favorites
Chen's masterful, deeply perceptive direction of his superb cast is equaled by the film's luminous cinematography, rich yet spare and stylized production and costume design, and rousing score.Read the full review
The New York Times | Dana StevensAdd Critic to Favorites
The Promise occupies a curious landscape somewhere between opera and cartoon.Read the full review
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