Review: Promise, The

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Promise, The



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“Perhaps audiences who don’t yet speak Mandarin or have zero familiarity with the legend will miss out in the film’s subtle implications of the tale, but principally one would need an accompanying score card to keep up with a storyline that fast-forwards through the courting phase, and which arrives at point C without going through B.”

Eric Lavallée
Eric Lavalléehttps://www.ericlavallee.com
Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist, and critic at IONCINEMA.com, established in 2000. A regular at Sundance, Cannes, and Venice, Eric holds a BFA in film studies from the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013, he served on the narrative competition jury at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson’s "This Teacher" (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). He is a Golden Globes Voter, member of the ICS (International Cinephile Society) and AQCC (Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma).

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