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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.

Overview

User Rating:
7.2/10   542 votes
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Director:
Kaige Chen
Writers:
Kaige Chen (screenplay)
Geling Yan (screenplay) ...
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Contact:
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Release Date:
5 December 2008 (China) more
Genre:
Biography | Drama | History
Plot:
A biographical account of Mei Lanfang, China's greatest opera star. | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 3 nominations more
User Comments:
Just "good" more

Cast

  (Credited cast)
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
Shengsu Li ... Yan - Huizhu
Yueming Pan ... Zhu Huifang
Xueqi Wang ... Shi Sanyan
Gang Wu ... Fei Er Ye
Da Ying ... Banker
Shaoqun Yu ... Young Mei Lanfang
Shaohua Zhang
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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)
Country:
China | Hong Kong
Language:
Mandarin
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby SR
Filming Locations:
Beijing, China

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Soundtrack:
Ni Dong Wo De Ai more

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11 out of 27 people found the following comment useful:-
Just "good", 5 December 2008
8/10
Author: findingmills from China

Accompanied by two girl mates, I went to watch Mei Lanfang. When "the end" showed on the screen, I found that both of them were crying. To be honest, I was a little bit confused at that moment--does it really worth the tear? Compared with Cheng Kaige's previous film "Wu Ji", "Mei Lanfang" is really a good movie, just good. It is not the first time for Cheng to make a film connected with Pecking opera. In 1993, his Golden Palm winning film" Ba Wang Bie Ji" really made the history. Althoug "Mei Lanfang" is a biographic film about the most famous Chinese Pecking opera actor, although it is more than 2 hours long, it failed to reach "Ba Wang Bie Ji"standard, just too slight.

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