What is the movie "The Promise" made by Chen Kaige?

A little girl was looking for food among the bodies scattered on the battlefield. A noble boy said that he would give her something to eat if she agreed to be his slave. The little girl accepted, but soon broke her word and ran to find her mother with food. Running into the darkness, the little girl met a beautiful witch. The witch asked, "Do you want to be the princess that men all over the world want to pursue? But the price is that you will never experience true love and happiness. Do you accept it? " "I do." The girl replied.

At the same time, the general put on his shiny red embroidered armor and prepared for a heroic battle, which may be the first failure in his life. Incredibly, the newly recruited young slaves played a decisive role in the battle. Due to the extraordinary talent of young slaves-"beyond the wind speed"; The general experienced victory again. As the troops celebrated, the news of Qi Huangong's rebellion came from the Imperial City. General Guangming must return to Korea immediately and rescue the king from the enemy invaders. He ordered the young slave to follow him, but when they passed through a dark forest, the two men mysteriously separated. Then the witch appeared in front of the general and opened the map of fate, which showed that a man in the general's armor killed the king. The general doesn't believe in the power of fate. After laughing, he drew his sword and pointed it at the witch. At this time, the witch disappeared.

Just then, a mysterious killer in a black cloak suddenly attacked the general cruelly. The young slave rescued the seriously injured general from the enemy. Although the murderer's facial outline is not clear, his physical features are quite familiar. Staring at the young slave for a long time, the black cloak killer left like a whirlwind.

The wounded general ordered the young slave: "Put on my embroidered armor and go to the Imperial Capital to save the king." The young slaves came to the Imperial Capital, which was besieged by the army led by the Duke of the North.

Standing on the roof blown by the wind, the little girl who really turned into a beautiful princess was guarded by soldiers who admired her beauty. The king betrayed the princess and gave the little girl to the duke at his request. But the princess refused, and the king drew his sword and threatened her. At this time, the young slave wearing the general's armor came and saw the princess suffering. Not realizing who was the mastermind, he instinctively pulled out his sword and pierced the king's chest. As the witch predicted, the young slave killed the king without knowing it, which was exactly the same as the omen of the map of fate.

The young slave grabbed the princess's hand and started a thrilling escape, but at the end of their dramatic escape, the Duke of the North trapped them in a dead corner. The duke promised to let the princess go if the general agreed to jump into the waterfall. "Hold on, you must live," was the last thing the slave said to the princess before flying into the waterfall.

Rumors spread everywhere that the king died at the hands of an embroidered armor. General Guangming's people began to believe that their leader had killed the king and left him in disgust. The young slave survived the cold water of the waterfall, but he remained loyal to the general. The general ordered him to rescue the princess from the Duke of the North, and the princess was kept in a huge golden cage.

In the duke's palace, the slave suddenly came down from the top of the golden cage and hugged the stunned princess. The general also went to the palace to help the princess escape, and finally escaped on the princess.

However, the slave was caught, and after being tortured, the duke ordered the masked assassin to kill him. The assassins were no match for the young slaves, so they called a truce. After being free, the slave returned to his master, the general, only to find that he and the general both fell in love with the princess. Unable to control his feelings, the slave finally chose to leave. At this time, the slave and the assassin met unexpectedly again, but this time the assassin came to the past with the slave and showed him that they came from the same race, and they all came from the snowy area. The characteristic of this game is that its speed exceeds the wind. After the Duke slaughtered the whole race, the assassin, the last surviving member of the tribe, became the servant of the Duke of North.

Meanwhile, the duke managed to kidnap the general from the princess and detain him. When the slave returned to his master's station again, he found that the princess was left alone. The princess sent slaves to find the general, and she was alone again. The duke's men caught her again.

In the interrogation room, the Presbyterian church tried the crime of killing the general together. The princess and the slave discussed the responsibility of the slave to kill the king. However, during the trial, the princess realized that their "story" was true, and she finally understood that it was the slaves with low status who risked their lives to save her life. When the court acquitted the general and sentenced the slave to death, the princess realized that she had always loved the criminal.

After seeing the dramatic scene in the court, the duke ordered his men: "arrest them all!" " "However, when the final decisive moment came, the resourceful general cheated the duke's trust. After getting rid of the shackles, the general began the last battle to save the princess and the slave.

When the princess broke her promise, the defeated duke called himself a little boy. Fatally wounded, the general begged the princess before he died, "Hold on, you must survive." The slave also admitted that he loved the princess deeply. When he took the princess into his arms, he began a journey in the future-perhaps in the past, and the spell of fate was finally broken.

1, "Embrace each other", the beautiful love between Princess Wang and Kunlun slave.

This poster shows the scene of the princess and Kunlun slave embracing each other affectionately. The English slogan on the poster is: Can love change fate? English name is Promise.

According to the original production plan, it should be shot in Tara, the star of Inner Mongolia. However, in the previous shoot, Cecilia Cheung returned to Hong Kong for treatment of acute nephritis caused by continuous high-intensity work. She only lay in bed for ten days, and hurried back to the crew before she fully recovered. Chen Kaige found the feeling from her state at that time, and immediately asked to shoot the scene where she and Zhang Dongjian embraced in Ashatu in advance.

Chen Hong said, "The director shot this scene to show the beautiful love between two people, with a strong sense of tragedy. After Cecilia Cheung recovered from a serious illness, she still felt a little weak. This is the role state that Chen Kaige is looking for-it is her, but it seems that it is not her. " In the real shot, Zhang Dongjian's skin color was designed to be darker than usual, while Cecilia Cheung was asked not to see the color of his lips as much as possible.

Chen Kaige was very satisfied with the shooting of this scene. Chen Hong said, "When the director saw that we chose this shot as a poster, he said that this picture made him feel the sadness and beauty of cherry blossoms."

2. The small town of "Mirror Flowers and Water Moon" looks at Man Shen.

On this poster, we can see Xiao Qingcheng (the juvenile version of Qingcheng played by Cecilia Cheung) and Shen Man standing on a piece of dead wood floating on the water, staring at each other.

The water at the bottom of the picture is synthesized by computer, and the company in charge of visual special effects requires that completely transparent glass must be used in the real shooting to achieve the perfect effect as possible in the later synthesis. Therefore, the crew invested nearly one million RMB to move the tempered glass with a thickness of 8 cm 1000 square meter into the studio, which not only can withstand hundreds of workers standing on it, but even can't get a handprint. The production team specially hired more than a dozen field workers to clean the glass, and Chen Hong specially bought them 50 pairs of high-grade cotton socks, 38 yuan. The tool for cleaning glass is specially used to clean the suede of high-end cars, so "giving up this" means leaving no trace when working. When shooting this scene, it is particularly worth mentioning that the two dead trees in the lens were not treated, but the art group searched hard in Inner Mongolia for a week, and finally found these two dead trees eroded by the wind for decades, and shipped them back to the studio in Beijing from Inner Mongolia. Chen Hong said that the high standard of special effects production drove up the whole production cost.

The general "Battle of the Bull" defeated the barbarian army.

General Hiroyuki Sanada defeated the barbarian army with a meteor hammer. The "Battle of the Bull" in the film is only about 90 seconds, but the actual shooting is as long as 14 days, which is called "the devil's 14 days" by Chen Hong: "The crew moved from Hengdian, Zhejiang Province to Yuanmou, Yunnan Province in May 1 year, and the local temperature. After filming for a week or so, the crew has been exposed to an incredible degree, and it seems that they have all become Yuanmou people! " When Chen Hong arranged his work in Beijing and rushed to Yuanmou again, he was shocked by the hardships of filming. "The local extras we are looking for are required to be naked, with feathers on their heads and special bones hanging from their bodies. At that high temperature, the bones were burnt and many people got dermatitis. " Of course, the most touching thing is Hiroyuki Sanada, the protagonist of the play. Chen Hong said: "Hiroyuki Sanada began to learn kendo at the age of 3, so his strength and restraint in the performance were from the inside out. The weapon' Meteor Hammer' we designed for the general is quite heavy to swing, and the props and costumes he wears weigh as much as 100 kilograms. It is almost impossible to complete shooting at such a high temperature! "