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- Loan Terms:
- Circulating
- Status:
- IN
- DVD006772
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Farewell My Concubine
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Kaige, Chen
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British Film Institute
- Title:
- Farewell My Concubine
- Alternate Title:
- Ba Wang Bie Ji
- Director:
- Kaige, Chen
- Production Co:
- Tomson Films; China Film Co-production Corporation; Beijing Film Studio
- Description:
- DVD - Region 2. viewing copy. 1 videodisc of 1.
171 minutes.
- Country:
- china,
- Year:
- 1993
- Publisher:
- British Film Institute
- Language:
- Mandarin language with English subtitles
- Genre:
- Drama - Historical, Opera
- Notes:
- Based on the best-selling novel by Lillian Lee, Farewell My Concubine is an epic exploration of art, friendship, and betrayal. Set against the tumultuous backgrop of more than fifty years of Chinese history, the film charts the relationship between Cheng (Leslie Cheung) and Duan (Zhang Fengyi), two starts in the Peking Opera troupe, and the woman who comes between them. Features THE MAKING OF FAREWELL MY CONCUBINE (2003, 24 minutes). Awarded a Golden Globe, a BAFTA, and the FIPRESCI and Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival.
- Link to:
- FII catalog |