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| ARP Sélection | Release Date: October 15, 1993 |
Starring:
Da Ying, Di Tong, Fengyi Zhang, Han Lei, Leslie Cheung, Li Gong, Mingwei Ma, Qi Lü, You Ge, Zhi Yin
Summary:
Two boys meet at an opera training school in Peking in 1924. Their resulting friendship will span nearly 70 years and will endure some of the most troublesome times in China's history.
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Fantastic, exciting, a real cinematic/theatrical feast. [15 Oct 1993, p.I]
No movie this year has covered a larger canvas than director Chen Kaige's 2 1/2-hour spectacle. [29 Oct 1993, p.4D]
Sharing the Palm D'Or at that year's Cannes, Farewell My Concubine is the emotional story of two childhood friends who grow up as apprentices in their much-loved opera house. With stunning set pieces and the dramatic backdrop of the revolution, Kaige captures perfectly the relationship between the two boys.
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You have to admire Chen's fearlessness in chasing the taboo subject matter, and in unblinkingly depicting the horrors of China's recent past. [29 Oct 1993]
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