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Farewell My Concubine
Ba wang bie ji
drama, melodrama, music
1992
China, Hong Kong
Chen Kaige
156 min.
Leslie Chun, Zhang Fani, Gong Lee, Ki Lu, Ju, Ge Yu, Han Lee, Di Tong, Zhin, Minwei Ma
According to the novel by Lilian Lee. Chinese opera. What`s this? Ancient deities, kings and concubines. The eternal parable of good and evil, fidelity, love and insidiousness. Through centuries, the Chinese people carried their values. And here is a series of years from the 20s to the 70s. The story of two actors of the Chinese opera, first boys, then adult men, passes before us, the story of sacrificial, romantic love.