| Subject: Film Trung Quoc :FAREWELL MY CONCUBINE |
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Date Posted: Tue, Oct 22 2002, 9:40:05
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's message, "His secret life" on Mon, Oct 14 2002, 3:19:03
Farewell My Concubine (1993)
In Chen Kaige's adaptation of the Lilian Lee novel, Cheng Dieyi (Leslie Cheung) and Duan Xiaolou (Fengyi Zhang) grow up enduring the harsh training of the Peking Opera Academy, where instructors regularly beat the children as a means of instilling in them the discipline needed to master the complex physical and vocal technique. As the two boys mature, they develop complementary talents: Dieyi, with his fine, delicate features, assumes the female roles while the burlier Xiaolou plays masculine warlords. Their dramatic identities become real for Dieyi when he falls in love with Xiaolou; the resolutely heterosexual Xiaolou, however, marries a courtesan, Juxian (Gong Li), creating a dangerous, jealousy-filled romantic triangle. Spanning 50 years from the early part of the 20th century to the tumultuous Cultural Revolution, Kaige's passionate, exquisitely shot film captures the vast historical scope of a changing world (and the mesmerizing pageantry of the opera) while also providing the intimate and touching details of a unique, tender, heartrending love story.
MPAA Rating: R.
Cast and Credits
Starring: Gong Li, Leslie Cheung
Directed by: Chen Kaige
Written by: Lilian Lee
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