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  2. Farewell My Concubine is a 1993 Chinese-Hong Kong epic historical drama film directed by Chen Kaige, starring Leslie Cheung, Gong Li and Zhang Fengyi.

  3. Oct 15, 1993 · Farewell My Concubine: Directed by Kaige Chen. With Leslie Cheung, Fengyi Zhang, Gong Li, You Ge. Two boys meet at an opera training school in Peking in 1924. Their resulting friendship will span nearly 70 years and endure some of the most troublesome times in China's history.

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    • Drama, Music, Romance
    • Kaige Chen
    • 1993-10-15
  4. Farewell My Concubine. A breathtakingly intimate romance unfolds against a sweeping backdrop of social upheaval in renowned director Chen Kaiges sumptuous saga of passion, fate, and the transcendent possi­bilities of art.

    • Cheng Dieyi
  5. Sep 21, 2023 · When the Cultural Revolution firmly pulls apart its trio of characters, “Farewell My Concubine” is as stark a tragedy as the opera within the film, leading to a series of unforgettable, heartbreaking scenes to close out his three-hour masterpiece.

  6. Sep 21, 2023 · The only Chinese-language film to ever win the Palme d’Or (it shared the honor with Jane Campion’s The Piano at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival), Farewell My Concubine chronicles the lives of two childhood friends who become acclaimed stars in the titular play. Covering fifty years in China’s turbulent twentieth century, it’s a sumptuous ...

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  7. Beginning in 1924 and spanning nearly half a century, Farewell My Concubine's sumptuous narrative is interwoven with moments from some of the most troublesome times in modern Chinese...

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    • Drama, LGBTQ+
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  8. Oct 29, 1993 · "Farewell My Concubine" is two films at once: An epic spanning a half-century of modern Chinese history, and a melodrama about life backstage at the famed Peking Opera.