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Farewell My Concubine

The passionate story of two lifelong friends and the woman who comes between them.

7.9 / 10

171 minutes

1993-01-01

Mandarin

CN

Actors :

Leslie Cheung, Zhang Fengyi, Gong Li, Lü Qi, Ying Da, Ge You, Lei Han, Yi Di, Yin Zhi, Ma Mingwei, Zhao Hailong, Fei Zhenxiang, Yang Yong Chao, Huang Fei, Jiang Wenli

Description

Two boys meet at an opera training school in Peking in 1924. Their resulting friendship will span nearly 70 years and endure some of the most troublesome times in China's history.

Reviews

Filipe Manuel Neto

Filipe Manuel Neto

11/12/2022, 7:24:28 AM

**An excellent film.** I was really curious to see this movie, because as far as I can remember it was the first Chinese movie I saw. Before I saw it, I read a little about it, and I was quite impressed to see how the film did well in the West, and managed to infuriate Chinese Communist censors. However, I fear that I was not fully prepared for what awaited me. In fact, the film is truly bru...