About this title: 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 ...
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Description: Leslie Cheung, Zhang Fengyi, Gong Li, Lu Qi, Ying Da, Ge You. Very good in very good packaging. Language: Chinese. Run time: 154 mins. Originally released: 1993. FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION COPY read more
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