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Farewell My Concubine, 1993
Mandarin
China, Hong Kong
Profile of Farewell My Concubine
Farewell My Concubine can be described as emotional, stylized, and atmospheric. The plot revolves around gender bending, tragic love, and political unrest. The main genres are drama, foreign, and romance. In terms of style, Farewell My Concubine is a melodrama. In approach, it is serious and realistic. The storytelling is slow paced. Farewell My Concubine is located in China. It takes place in the 1920s, in the 1930s, and in the 1960s. The soundtrack is opera. Farewell My Concubine is based on a book. The movie has received attention for being a Golden Globe winner, a Cannes festival winner, and critically acclaimed. Note that it involves drugs/alcohol and violent content.
Summary of Farewell My Concubine
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.
Details
| Language: | Mandarin |
| Country: | China, Hong Kong |
| Release date: | October 1993 |
| Runtime: | 171 min |
| Awards: | Cannes |
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as Juxian
as Cheng Dieyi
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