Farewell My Concubine details
| Format: | 15 DVD |
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| Starring: | Leslie Cheung, Fengyi Zhang, Gong Li |
| Director: | Chen Kaige |
| Genres: | Drama - General, World Cinema - Chinese |
| Name | Discs | |
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Farewell My Concubine |
15 Feature |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 2 hours 30 minutes |
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| Rental release: | Not currently released |
| Main languages: | Mandarin |
| Subtitles: | English |
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Beautiful unconventional
By a customer from Manchester, England , 28 Feb 2005[Highly rated reviewer]
This film is about 2 male actors, who dedicated their life to this particular style of theatre. One always plays the warrior, the other one a concubine.
They are partner on the stage, but also in life since theatre is their life. A harsh education made them live their roles. A poignant story of two lives entertwined. The film is centered on the characters and their relationship. I won't tell you the end, that would be spoiling it...
But it is well worth watching.- Was this review helpful to you?
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(5)one of the Best
By AlBertHold (20 reviews) from London , 16 Jul 2009This film is outstanding. It follows the relationship of two Bejing Opera stars over more than 50 years, from their hard upbringing to success and hard times during the war period and to final rejection during the Cultural Revolution. While the story of the two men unfolds, the spectator learns about cultural changes and politics in Chinese society. Leslie Cheung is rightly placed to play the tragic character in this movie.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Story telling on an operatic scale
By Zoonie (7 reviews) from London, England , 09 Jun 2009it's not by accident that the emotional scale of the human story reflects the setting of the action within the frame of traditional Chinese opera.
Telling the story of the Chinee cultural revolution through the lives of two children brought up to perform specialised performances from opera, their lives are torn apart by the chaos of Chairman Mao's destruction of tradition.
I can remember seeing it in the cinema (it will really benefit from a big screen) and was so rapt, I had no notion of how long it was.
It's a wonderful achievement. Really.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Cinematic Excellence
By catwhiskers (37 reviews) from England , 06 May 2007This is an incredibly fine film which breathes class and sophistication in every frame. The acting is superb. The first part of the film concentrates on the male leads as young boys and i found this part particularly heartbreaking and poignant. Their later life also has a story to tell both sad and compelling. This film is a must see. If you dont like foreign films/subtitles this may not be your cup of tea, but you would be missing out on a treat. It is slow paced, but deliberately so as it fully captures the nature of the times in China. I think this film won a BAFTA at its time of release in the early 90's for best foreign film. Richly deserved.- Was this review helpful to you?
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A marvel of a film
By a customer from Cheshire , 29 May 2006A big film on a big scale. It is moving, classy and just beautiful. The relationship between the two main characters and their careers is fascinating. A must see.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Beautiful unconventional
By a customer from Manchester, England , 28 Feb 2005[Highly rated reviewer]
This film is about 2 male actors, who dedicated their life to this particular style of theatre. One always plays the warrior, the other one a concubine.
They are partner on the stage, but also in life since theatre is their life. A harsh education made them live their roles. A poignant story of two lives entertwined. The film is centered on the characters and their relationship. I won't tell you the end, that would be spoiling it...
But it is well worth watching.- Was this review helpful to you?
- (21) Yes |
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