The Sorcerer and the White Snake

Also Known As: 白蛇傳説 Bai She Chuan Shuo Zhi Fa Hai It Is Love It's Love Madame White Snake

The Sorcerer and the White Snake, previously known as, It's Love and Madame White Snake is an upcoming film directed by Ching Siu-tung and starring Jet Li. It is based on the Chinese Legend of the White Snake. The film will be in 3-D and will be shown out of competition at the 68th Venice International Film Festival. At its most basic, the story tells of a young scholar who falls in love with a beautiful woman, unaware that she is a thousand year old white snake that has taken on human form. A monk intervenes in order to maintain nature's law and casts the white snake into a deep well at Leifeng Pagoda.

Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Scholar

Director: Ching Siu Tung [程小東]

Country: Chinese

Status: Completed

Release: 2011