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Ba wang bie ji (1993)

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User Rating: 7.8/10 (5,374 votes)
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Overview

Director:
Kaige Chen
Writers:
Lillian Lee (also novel)
Bik-Wa Lei
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Release Date:
15 October 1993 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama / Romance more
Plot Outline:
The story of two men, who met as apprentices in the Peking Opera, and stayed friends for over 50 years. more
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 13 wins & 2 nominations more
User Comments:
I'll not make a film better than this. more

Cast

 (Cast overview, first billed only)

Leslie Cheung ... Cheng Dieyi (segment "Douzi")
Fengyi Zhang ... Duan Xiaolou (segment "Shitou")

Li Gong ... Juxian
Qi Lu ... Master Guan
Da Ying ... Manager
You Ge ... Master Yuan
Chun Li ... Xiao Si (in his teens)
Han Lei ... Xiao Si (adult)
Di Tong ... Zhang the Eunuch
Mingwei Ma ... Douzi as a Child
Yang Fei ... Shitou as a Child
Zhi Yin ... Douzi as a Teenager
Hailong Zhao ... Shitou as a Teenager
Dan Li ... Laizi / Peking Opera schoolboy
Wenli Jiang ... Douzi's Mother
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Ba wong bit gei (Hong Kong: Cantonese title)
Farewell My Concubine (International: English title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for language and strong depiction of thematic material.
Runtime:
171 min / USA:156 min
Country:
China / Hong Kong
Language:
Mandarin
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Jackie Chan was originally offered the role of Duan Xiaolou due to his own childhood experience of training in the Peking Opera. But he turned it down, fearing that the film, which deals with themes of homosexuality, might tarnish his image. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Douzi is first examined by the owner of the opera troupe, his extra finger is on his right hand below the thumb. When he withdraws the hand from the opera troupe owner, he pulls back his left arm. When his mother cuts the extra finger off a few moments later, it is now on his left hand, next to his pinkie. more

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31 out of 41 people found the following comment useful:-
I'll not make a film better than this., 14 February 1999
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Author: Peter Liang from United States

I've always boasted that I could make a better film about China, about the Cultural Revolution in particular, until I saw this film. It triggered an out-burst of many of my emotions I hadn't had since I left China. In the movie, as the events developed, the tragedy, caused by the human feelings : love, hate, jealousy, and guilt under the social unrests, came so naturally to me. It is a movie which should not be missed.

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