In 1994, Xie Zhongcheng was just one face among the countless people in Hong Kong. She had nothing but beauty and pride.
In 1995, she became a newly crowned Hong Kong Film Award Best Actress, the official girlfriend of the Huo family's eldest son, and was hailed as "the last great beauty of the century."
In 1997, Xie Zhongcheng and Huo Minghong's on-again, off-again relationship came to an end. Xie Zhongcheng left for France, leaving behind the tantalizing words, "Your love was as deep as the sea. I was unworthy of it."
After that, during her glorious moments, whether winning the Cesar Award three times or finally taking home the Oscar she'd always dreamed of, the man who used to lift the hem of her dress was never by her side again.