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Mei Lanfang (2008) -- Since his Farewell Concubine (1993 Palme d'Or winner), Director Chen Kaige
once again presents the audiences with an enchanting film which tells the
love, passion and loneliness of the legendary Peking opera singer, Mei
Lanfang.
Mei Lanfang (2008) -- Since his Farewell Concubine (1993 Palme d'Or winner), Director Chen Kaige
once again presents the audiences with an enchanting film which tells the
love, passion and loneliness of the legendary Peking opera singer, Mei
Lanfang.
Mei Lanfang (2008) -- Since his Farewell Concubine (1993 Palme d'Or winner), Director Chen Kaige
once again presents the audiences with an enchanting film which tells the
love, passion and loneliness of the legendary Peking opera singer, Mei
Lanfang.
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Overview

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7.0/10   638 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Kaige Chen (screenplay)
Geling Yan (screenplay) ...
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Contact:
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Release Date:
5 December 2008 (China) more
Genre:
Plot:
A biographical account of Mei Lanfang, China's greatest opera star. | add synopsis
Awards:
4 wins & 3 nominations more
User Comments:
It's Not Doing Much Justice more (10 total)

Cast

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Leon Lai ... Mei Lanfang

Ziyi Zhang ... Meng Xiaodong
Honglei Sun ... Qiu Rubai
Hong Chen ... Fu zhifang
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Masanobu Ando ... Ryuichi Tanaka
Yanjun Bi ... Mei Yu-tian
Bin Li ... Qiu's Mother
Mingchen Li ... Lao Song
Shengsu Li ... Yan Huizhu
Jingxi Liu ... Mei's Grandmother
Jixian Lu ... Lu Er Ye
Yueming Pan ... Zhu Huifang
Qian Po ... Journalist Qian
Xiaoman Shi ... Ma San
Xueqi Wang ... Shi Sanyan
Gang Wu ... Fei Er Ye
Da Ying ... Feng Zi-guang
Zhi Yin ... Wang Weichen
Shaoqun Yu ... Young Mei Lanfang
Xiaotong Yu ... Little Mei Lanfang
Shaohua Zhang ... Song Ma
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Forever Enthralled (International: English title)
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Runtime:
Germany:147 min (Berlin International Film Festival)
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
China's official submission to 82nd Academy Award's Foreign Language category (2010). more
Soundtrack:
Ni Dong Wo De Ai more

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1 out of 9 people found the following comment useful.
It's Not Doing Much Justice, 11 January 2009
6/10
Author: questonia from Hong Kong

The choice of Zhang's cast is not at all convincing, she is too short and tiny to play an emperor on stage with Lai.

Chinese opera is a lot more demanding artistically and physically compared to the Western one as each cast small or big requires to sing, dance, let alone performing using expressions such as eyes and fingers, and the highly acrobatic moves. Unfortunately, we didn't see much acting of hers in Forever Enthralled.

The actor playing the young Mei is excellent though and odd to be praised though. For films like this perhaps they are better off sticking to proper Chinese opera actors and actresses.

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