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5 December 2008 (China)
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A biographical account of Mei Lanfang, China's greatest opera star. | add synopsis
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4 wins
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3 nominations
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Golden Horse Awards: Maggie Cheung, Ang Lee, Leon Dai, Tsai Ming-liang
(From FilmExperience. 28 November 2009, 2:27 PM, PST)
Two Chinese actors win awards at Taiwan festival
(From RealBollywood. 28 November 2009, 7:30 AM, PST)
(From FilmExperience. 28 November 2009, 2:27 PM, PST)
Two Chinese actors win awards at Taiwan festival
(From RealBollywood. 28 November 2009, 7:30 AM, PST)
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Cast
(Credited cast) | Leon Lai | ... | Mei Lanfang |
 | Ziyi Zhang | ... | Meng Xiaodong |
| Honglei Sun | ... | Qiu Rubai |
| Hong Chen | ... | Fu zhifang |
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| 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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Forever Enthralled (International: English title)
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Germany:147 min (Berlin International Film Festival)
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China's official submission to 82nd Academy Award's Foreign Language category (2010).
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Ni Dong Wo De Ai
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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.