Farewell My Concubine (1993)
Farewell My Concubine (1993)
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Plot.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
![Leslie Cheung](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/5427-leslie-cheung.webp)
Leslie Cheung
Cheng Dieyi (segment "Douzi")
![Zhang Fengyi](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/36754-zhang-fengyi.webp)
Zhang Fengyi
Duan Xiaolou (segment "Shitou")
![Gong Li](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/931-gong-li.webp)
Gong Li
Juxian
![Ge You](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/44273-ge-you.webp)
Ge You
Master Yuan
![Ying Da](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/50403-ying-da.webp)
Ying Da
Manager
![Lu Qi](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/50402-lu-qi.webp)
Lu Qi
Master Guan
![Lei Han](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/380314-lei-han.webp)
Lei Han
Xiao Si (adult)
![Yi Di](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/380311-yi-di.webp)
Yi Di
Zhang the Eunuch
![Yin Zhi](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/380318-yin-zhi.webp)
Yin Zhi
Douzi as a Teenager
![Zhao Hai-Long](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/380317-zhao-hai-long.webp)
Zhao Hai-Long
Xiao Shitou (teenager)
![Ma Ming-Wei](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/380316-ma-ming-wei.webp)
Ma Ming-Wei
Douzi as a Child
![Fei Zhenxiang](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/541394-fei-zhen-xiang.webp)
Fei Zhenxiang
Xiao Shitou (child)
![Chen Kaige](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/38784-chen-kaige.webp)
Chen Kaige
Director
![Lilian Lee](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Lilian Lee
Writer
![Yang Yong-Chao](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/380320-yang-yong-chao.webp)
Yang Yong-Chao
Xiao Laizi (child)
![Huang Fei](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/1885851-huang-fei.webp)
Huang Fei
Old Master
![Lu Wei](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/350938-lu-wei.webp)
Lu Wei
Writer
![Jiang Wenli](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/50401-jiang-wenli.webp)
Jiang Wenli
Xiao Douzi's Mother
![Hsu Feng](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/60253-hsu-feng.webp)
Hsu Feng
Producer
![Jiping Zhao](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/1160680-jiping-zhao.webp)
Jiping Zhao
Composer
![Zhi Yitong](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/380312-zhi-yitong.webp)
Zhi Yitong
Aoki Saburo
![Gu Changwei](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/63657-gu-changwei.webp)
Gu Changwei
Cinematographer
![Li Chun](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/380313-li-chun.webp)
Li Chun
Xiao Si (teenager)
![Xiaonan Pei](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Xiaonan Pei
Editor
![David Wu](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/341340-david-ng.webp)
David Wu
Red Guard
![Shen Huifen](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/1728867-shen-huifen.webp)
Shen Huifen
Cai Feng
![Yang Yu-He](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Yang Yu-He
ProductionDesigner
![Yang Zhanjia](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/1138584-zhanjia-yang.webp)
Yang Zhanjia
ProductionDesigner
![Huang Lei](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/23910-huang-lei.webp)
Huang Lei
Hooligan
![Fang Zheng](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/2660757-fang-zheng.webp)
Fang Zheng
Client
![Sui Yong-Qing](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/2718896-sui-yong-qing.webp)
Sui Yong-Qing
Madam
![Yang Lixin](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/63656-yang-lixin.webp)
Yang Lixin
Douzi (voice)
![Xu Guang-Rui](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/1334216-xu-guang-rui.webp)
Xu Guang-Rui
Makeup Artist
![Jing Tao](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/1228023-jing-tao.webp)
Jing Tao
Sound Recordist
![Chen Changmin](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Chen Changmin
Costume Design
![Fang Qing-Shan](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/1334217-fang-qing-shan.webp)
Fang Qing-Shan
Makeup Artist
![Jun-Nian Tang](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Jun-Nian Tang
Executive Producer
![Zhang Jinzhan](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/303218-zhang-jin-zhan.webp)
Zhang Jinzhan
Action Director
![Bai Yu](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Bai Yu
Assistant Director
![Zhang Jinting](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/2703276-zhang-jinting.webp)
Zhang Jinting
Assistant Director
Media.
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Details.
Release DateJanuary 1, 1993
Original Name霸王别姬
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 51m
Content RatingR
Budget$4,000,000
Box Office$6,400,000
Genres
Last updated:
Wiki.
Farewell My Concubine is a 1993 Chinese 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 a politically tumultuous 20th-century China, from the early days of the Republic of China to the aftermath of the Cultural Revolution. It chronicles the troubled relationships amongst two lifelong friends, the Peking opera actors Cheng Dieyi (Cheung) and Duan Xiaolou (Zhang), and Xiaolou's wife Juxian (Gong).
The film's themes include confusion of identity and blurred lines between real life and the stage, portrayed by the revered opera actor Dieyi, whose unrequited love for Xiaolou persists throughout. Commentators also noted themes of political and societal disturbances in 20th-century China, which is typical of the Chinese Fifth Generation cinema.
Farewell My Concubine premiered on 1 January 1993, in Hong Kong. Upon release the film received generally positive reviews from contemporary critics, and jointly won the Palme d'Or at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival, becoming the first Chinese-language film to achieve the honour. It won further accolades, including a Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film and a BAFTA for Best Film Not in the English Language, and received two nominations at the 66th Academy Awards for Best Cinematography and Best Foreign Language Film.
A few weeks following its China release, the film was abruptly banned by the politburo unless and until major changes be made. While allowing a premiere in Beijing but forbidding release in other cities, the government objected to the representation of homosexuality, the suicide of a leading character and a description of the turmoil during the Communist period in China.The film was allowed to resume public showings in September 1993, less than a year after its original release. Upon its return the Chinese censors had made numerous cuts, removing 14 minutes. Chinese officials felt that a re-release, as opposed to maintaining a full ban, would silence an ever-growing international backlash and also help their bid to host the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2000.Farewell My Concubine is considered one of the landmark films of the Fifth Generation movement that brought Chinese film directors to world attention. In 2005, the film was selected as one of the "100 Best Films in Global History" by Time magazine.
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