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Farewell My Concubine (1993) | User Rating
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Original title: Ba wang bie ji
Release Date
• USA: Oct 15, 1993
DVD Release Date
• R1: Dec 14, 1999
MPAA Rating
Rated R for language and strong depiction of thematic material.
Running Time
2 hours, 51 minutes
Country China, Hong Kong
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Other Titles
• Farewell My Concubine (1993)
• Ba wang bie ji
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Genre: Romance, Drama, Betrayal, Love Triangle, Society, Gay/Lesbian, Experimental, Drugs, Political, Prostitution, Period Piece
Plot: In Chen Kaige's adaptation of the Lilian Lee novel, Cheng Dieyi (Leslie Cheung) and Duan Xiaolou (Fengyi Zhang) grow up enduring the harsh training of the Peking Opera Academy, where instructors regularly beat the children as a means of instilling in them the discipline needed to master the complex physical and vocal technique. As the two boys mature, they develop complementary talents: Dieyi, with his fine, delicate features, assumes the female roles while the burlier Xiaolou plays masculine warlords. Their dramatic identities become real for Dieyi when he falls in love with Xiaolou; the resolutely heterosexual Xiaolou, however, marries a courtesan, Juxian (Gong Li), creating a dangerous, jealousy-filled romantic triangle. Spanning 50 years from the early part of the 20th century to the tumultuous Cultural Revolution, Kaige's passionate, exquisitely shot film captures the vast historical scope of a changing world (and the mesmerizing pageantry of the opera) while also providing the intimate and touching details of a unique, tender, heartrending love story.
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| Directed by |
Kaige Chen
Killing Me Softly, The Promise, Feng yue |
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| Cast |
Leslie Cheung
A Chinese Ghost Story, A Better Tomorrow, A Better Tomorrow II | | Li Gong
Memoirs of a Geisha, 2046, Raise the Red Lantern | | | You Ge
Lifetimes, Tian xia wu zei, Da wan | | |
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| Music By |
Jiping Zhao
Raise the Red Lantern, The Emperor and the Assassin, Lifetimes |
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