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Overview

User Rating:
7.9/10   7,477 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Lillian Lee (novel)
Lillian Lee (screenplay)
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Release Date:
15 October 1993 (USA) more
Genre:
Tagline:
The passionate story of two lifelong friends and the woman who comes between them.
Plot:
The story of two men, who met as apprentices in the Peking Opera, and stayed friends for over 50 years. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 13 wins & 2 nominations more
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(11 articles)
User Comments:
A very lovely film... more (61 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Leslie Cheung ... Cheng Dieyi (segment "Douzi")
Fengyi Zhang ... Duan Xiaolou (segment "Shitou")
Li Gong ... Juxian
Qi Lü ... Master Guan
Da Ying ... Manager
You Ge ... Master Yuan
Chun Li ... Xiao Si (in his teens)
Han Lei ... Xiao Si (adult)
Di Tong ... Zhang the Eunuch
Mingwei Ma ... Douzi as a Child
Yang Fei ... Shitou as a Child
Zhi Yin ... Douzi as a Teenager
Hailong Zhao ... Shitou as a Teenager
Dan Li ... Laizi / Peking Opera schoolboy
Wenli Jiang ... Douzi's Mother
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Farewell My Concubine (International: English title) (UK) (USA)
Ba wong bit gei (Hong Kong: Cantonese title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for language and strong depiction of thematic material.
Runtime:
171 min
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Black and White (some scenes) | Color
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1.85 : 1 more
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Trivia:
The very first film from the People's Republic of China to win the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. more
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Continuity: In the streets on the eve of the Communist takeover (1948), Dieyi and Xiaolou watch the chaos unfold while seen between them in the background is Master Zhang the Eunuch. The next shot reveals Master Zhang sitting across the street from them. more
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19 out of 19 people found the following comment useful.
A very lovely film..., 18 May 2008
8/10

The film paints the story of two actors, from their first encounter at school in the Twenties through their success as stars of the Peking Opera, difficulties during the Japanese occupation, the Communist takeover in 1949 and the traumas of the Cultural Revolution in the Sixties…

For the so-called Fifth Generation of Chinese filmmakers, the film touches new ground on two fronts… In the first place, though it does not avoid from acknowledging the sufferings under the old regime, it takes an embittered view of Communist society and of the Cultural Revolution specifically…

The two friends, Xiaolou and Dieyi, adopt a young man, Xiao Si, who becomes one of the Red Guards and quickly informs the political sins of his benefactors…

Second the film is a love story of a rare kind… Dieyi is a homosexual and suffers rejection when Xiaolou begins an affair with Juxian (Gong Li), a gorgeous prostitute… The personal conflict of each character is the heart of this exceptional movie…

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