Leslie Cheung
Cheng Dieyi (segment "Douzi")
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Oct 29, 1993 · Lilian Lee. "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. The idea of viewing modern China through the eyes of two of the opera's stars would not, at first, seem logical: How could the birth pangs of a developing nation ...
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. Spanning fifty years of twentieth-century Chinese history, Farewell My Concubine follows aspiring actors Dieyi (a heartbreaking Leslie Cheung) and Xiaolou (Zhang Fengyi) as they emerge from a ...
Oct 21, 2023. Oct 3, 2023. 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 ...
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 Sept...
Spanning fifty years of twentieth-century Chinese history, FAREWELL MY CONCUBINE follows aspiring actors Dieyi (a heartbreaking Leslie Cheung) and Xiaolou (Zhang Fengyi) as they emerge from a childhood of brutal training to become Beijing-opera stars, with life mirroring art as Dieyi’s unrequited love for Xiaolou and the country’s changing ...
Farewell My Concubine. Starring Leslie Cheung Kwok-wing, Gong Li, and Zhang Fengyi, Chen Kaige‘s landmark, Cannes-winning epic traces the lifelong journey of two Peking Opera actors whose complex relationship must endure the challenges of the stage, a love triangle and the political and social upheavals of 20th century China. Rentals include ...
Farewell My Concubine - Apple TV. Available on iTunes. Chen Kaige emerged as a leading figure of China’s Fifth Generation of filmmakers with this landmark epic which introduced international audiences to an exciting new voice in world cinema. Adapted from the novel by Lilian Lee (ROUGE), FAREWELL MY CONCUBINE traces the lifelong journey of ...
