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Title: Farewell My Concubine (1993)
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Cast
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| Leslie Cheung | ... | Cheng Dieyi (segment "Douzi") | |
| Fengyi Zhang | ... | Duan Xiaolou (segment "Shitou") | |
| Li Gong | ... | Juxian | |
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Qi Lü | ... | Master Guan |
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Da Ying | ... | Manager |
| You Ge | ... | Master Yuan | |
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Han Lei | ... | Xiao Si (adult) |
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Di Tong | ... | Zhang the Eunuch |
| Zhi Yin | ... | Douzi as a Teenager | |
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Mingwei Ma | ... | Douzi as a Child |
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Hailong Zhao | ... | Shitou as a Teenager |
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Yang Fei | ... | Shitou as a Child |
| Dan Li | ... | Laizi / Peking Opera schoolboy | |
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Yongchao Yang | ... | Laizi as a Child |
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Fei Huang | ... | Old Master |
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"Farewell, My Concubine" is a movie with two parallel, intertwined stories. It is the story of two performers in the Beijing Opera, stage brothers, and the woman who comes between them. At the same time, it attempts to do no less than squeeze the entire political history of China in the twentieth century into a three-hour time-frame. Written by Michael Kim <leda@imsa.edu>
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peking opera | suicide | homosexuality | theater | japanese occupation of china |Taglines:
The passionate story of two lifelong friends and the woman who comes between them.Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
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Master Yuan: A tear does darken all the world.
Master Yuan: How truly does this befit you. To you... only you are possessed of such charm.
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Composed by Jiping Zhao
© 1993 Varese Sarabande
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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. See more »Quotes
Master Yuan: A smile ushers in the spring.Master Yuan: A tear does darken all the world.
Master Yuan: How truly does this befit you. To you... only you are possessed of such charm.
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Alternate Versions
The version presented in the U.S. is different from the original, longer cut, that was distributed internationally. The following differences exist in the U.S. version:- The scene where Duan and Juxian are drinking after their wedding was originally directly after the wedding scene, rather than after the bloodletting at the Yuan-Cheng dinner.
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Farewell My Concubine Suite (Part III)Composed by Jiping Zhao
© 1993 Varese Sarabande
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Language:
MandarinRelease Date:
15 October 1993 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Box Office
Budget:
$4,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$69,408, 17 October 1993Gross USA:
$5,216,888Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$5,216,888Company Credits
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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