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Farewell My Concubine is a 1993 Chinese-Hong Kong epic historical drama film directed by Chen Kaige, starring Leslie Cheung, Gong Li and Zhang Fengyi. Adapted for the screen by Lu Wei, based on the novel by Lilian Lee , the film is set in the politically tumultuous 20th-century China, from the early days of the Republic of China to the ...
Oct 15, 1993 · Farewell My Concubine: Directed by Kaige Chen. With Leslie Cheung, Fengyi Zhang, Gong Li, You Ge. Two boys meet at an opera training school in Peking in 1924. Their resulting friendship will span nearly 70 years and endure some of the most troublesome times in China's history.
Farewell My Concubine. A breathtakingly intimate romance unfolds against a sweeping backdrop of social upheaval in renowned director Chen Kaige’s sumptuous saga of passion, fate, and the transcendent possibilities of art.
Sep 21, 2023 · As both a monumental piece of Chinese cinematic history and a lasting tribute to the special brilliance of its star, Farewell My Concubine is an essential viewing experience. The new 4K restoration of Farewell My Concubine opens at Film Forum in New York on September 22, 2023 with additional markets to follow.
Aug 4, 2023 · Presented in a new 30th anniversary uncut 4K restoration, the Palme d’Or winner, and two-time Academy Award-nominated epic, FAREWELL MY CONCUBINE, opens September 22.
Sep 21, 2023 · “Farewell My Concubine” is a flashback narrative as two opera performers reunite for the first time in years, leading to a look at how they got here. Chen's adaptation of the Lillian Lee novel then jumps back to the 1930s, when a feminine boy named Douzi (Leslie Cheung) and a young man named Shitou (Fengyi Zhang) become allies at the ...
Oct 29, 1993 · Farewell My Concubine. "Farewell My Concubine" is two films at once: An epic spanning a half-century of modern Chinese history, and a melodrama about life backstage at the famed Peking Opera.
