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Farewell My Concubine poster

A CHEN KAIGE FILM

Farewell My Concubine

19932h 51mMovie

Drama

IMDb8.1/ 10 · 37.9K votes

THE PASSIONATE TRIANGLE OF TWO LIFELONG FRIENDS AND THE WOMAN WHO COMES BETWEEN THEM!

In an epic tale of theater, gender, love and class, two Beijing opera actors navigate political turmoil as their friendship evolves over decades.

Bittersweet
Melancholic
Epic
Friendship
Love
Period piece

Pace: Measured
Intensity: Intense
Complexity: Some focus

Good for talking about after and watching alone. Contains graphic violence and self-harm or suicide.

DirectorChen Kaige

FormatFeature film

TMDB8.0 / 10

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The people behind the story

Top cast

Leslie Cheung Kwok-wingCheng Dieyi / Xiao Douzi

Zhang FengyiDuan Xiaolou / Xiao Shitou

Gong LiJuxian

Lü QiMaster Guan

Ying DaManager

Ge YouMaster Yuan Shiqing

Lei HanXiao Si

Tong DiZhang the Eunuch

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