霸王別姬 [videorecording] = Farewell to my concubine
Peking Opera Characters
Ba Wang Bie Ji Wiki
- Responsibility
- zhu yan: Zhang Fengyi, Leslie Cheung ; dao yan: Chen Kaige.
- 霸王別姬 [videorecording] = Farewell to my concubine / 主演: 张丰毅, 张国荣. ; 导演: 陈凯歌.
- Language
- Chinese. Chinese with optional English subtitles.
- Imprint
- [Beijing Shi] : Zhong ying yin xiang chu ban she ; [Guangzhou Shi] : Guangzhou qiao jia ren wen hua chuan bo you xian gong si zong jing xiao, [2007?]
- [北京市] : 中影音像出版社 ; [广州市] : 广州俏佳人文化传播有限公司总经销, [2007?]
- Physical description
- 1 DVD (164 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
- Series
- Gen wo xue Han yu.
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Farewell My Concubine
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 Opera by master Lu Qui. The film traces the 52-year friendship between Xiaolou and Dieyi, a friendship pockmarked with fiery conflicts and tender reconciliations. Though the delicate Dieyi specializes in female roles and the gutsy Xiaolou plays noble warriors, theirs is an essentially heterosexual relationship; still, when Xiaolou takes upon himself a prostitute bride (the magnificent Gong Li), Dieyi is as petty and jealous as an outcast mistress. Farewell, My Concubine holds the viewer in thrall from start to finish; as such, it is thoroughly deserving of its many international film awards and nominations. Surprisingly, this worldwide success was something of a flop in its home country of China; perhaps it hit too close to home for those viewers who'd lived through the same years so painstakingly recreated in the film.
- Farewell My Concubine (Ba Wang Bie Ji) — (R) 1993 Based on the novel written by Lillian Lee, this movie is coming from Hong Kong. It reveals the suspense story of two of Beijing's renowned opera male stars, and the charming woman that came to separate them. Farewell My Concubine set in the middle of the 1800s.
- Farewell My Concubine is a 1993 Chinese historical drama film directed by Chen Kaige, starring Leslie Cheung, Gong Li, and Zhang Fengyi.An adaptation of the novel by Lilian Lee, the film is set in a politically tumultuous China during the 20th century, from the early days of the Republic of China to the aftermath of the Cultural Revolution.
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BA WANG BIE JI(Farewell My Concubine) Hong Kong-China, 1993 Director: Chen KaigeProduction: Tomson (HK) Films in association with China Film Coproduction Corp/Beijing Film Studio; colour, 35mm; running time: 170 minutes, original version; 157 minutes, US version. Online pokie machine games. Released 2 September 1993, Beijing. Filmed in 1992 in Beijing. Source for information on Ba Wang Bie Ji. Ba wang bie ji Awards and Nominations. Oscars Best Picture Winners Best Picture Winners Golden Globes Emmys STARmeter Awards San Diego Comic-Con New York Comic-Con Sundance Film Festival Toronto Int'l Film Festival Awards Central Festival Central All Events. True odds craps.
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