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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.
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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.
- (34K)
- Drama, Music, Romance
- Kaige Chen
- 1993-10-15
Sep 21, 2023 · When the Cultural Revolution firmly pulls apart its trio of characters, “Farewell My Concubine” is as stark a tragedy as the opera within the film, leading to a series of unforgettable, heartbreaking scenes to close out his three-hour masterpiece.
Chen Kaige's much acclaimed, long out of print masterpiece chronicles the rise of two young stars of the Beijing Opera House, their turbulent relationship, and ultimate downfalls.
- (53)
- Chen Kaige
- R
- Leslie Cheung
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 Sept...
- 2 min
- 90K
- Film Movement
“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.
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.