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Drama - 1993
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Abandoned by his prostitute mother in 1920, Douzi was raised by a theater troupe. There he meets Shitou and over the following years the two develop an act entitled "Farewell My Concubine" that brings them fame and fortune. When Shitou marries Juxian, Douzi becomes jealous, the beginnings of the acting duo's explosive breakup and tragic fall take root.
Director:
,
Chen Kaige
Cast:
,
Gong Li
,
Zhang Fengyi
,
Lü Qi
,
Leslie Cheung Kwok-Wing
,
Ge You
,
Ying Da
,
Jiang Wenli

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Details

Rated:
R
Runtime:
171 min
Release date:
1 Jan 1993
Country:
CN, HK
Languages:
Chinese
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$5,750,000
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. 25 wins & 12 nominations total

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
Appropriately operatic, Chen's visually spectacular epic is sumptuous in every respect. Intelligent, enthralling, rhapsodic.
– Geoff Andrew,
Time Out,
26 Jan 2006
fresh:
Chen's remarkable movie uses an unusual love triangle to telescope more than 50 years of tumultuous Chinese history.
– David Ansen,
Newsweek,
7 Apr 2008
rotten:
Seductively lensed but emotionally uninvolving.
– Derek Elley,
Variety,
21 May 2008
fresh:
This is entertaining filmmaking on a grand scale.
– Jonathan Rosenbaum,
Chicago Reader,
12 Aug 2008
fresh:
The scenes in the Peking Opera School, where boys are caned for doing wrong or right, are no less horrifying than the later tableaus of public humiliation at the hands of the Maoists.
– Richard Corliss,
TIME Magazine,
12 Aug 2008
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