Summary:
Until Farewell, My Concubine (Ba Wang Bie Ji), not many people were aware that most members of the Peking Opera were originally orphans or illegitimate castaways with nowhere else to turn. Such is the case of the film's protagonists, Duan Xiaolou (Zhang Fengyi) and Cheng Dieyi (Leslie Cheung), two homeless outcasts, trained from childhood in the grueling rigors of the O... Full Summary >>

Cast:
Leslie Cheung - (Cheng Dieyi (Douzi))
Zhang Fengyi - (Duan Xiaolou)
Gong Li - (Juxian)
Lu Qi - (Guan Jifa)
Ying Da
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Review:
Banned in China, Chen Kaige's Farewell, My Concubine (1993) was internationally celebrated for its rich detail in depicting the lifelong friendship of two Peking Opera singers, from the 1930s Japanese invasion to the 1970s aftermath of the Cultural Revolution. While the film ran into trouble for, among other things, its unstinting portrayal o... Continue >>

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