Farewell My Concubine

Farewell My Concubine

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

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Release Date

1/1/1993

Runtime

171 mins

Genres

Overview

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.

Status

Released

Original Language

Chinese

Budget

$4,000,000

Revenue

$6,400,000

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An intimate epic spanning seven decades of Chinese history, following two opera performers whose deep bond is tested by ambition, desire, and the forces of political upheaval. A gorgeous, shattering meditation on how love and friendship survive, or don't, in the face of cultural transformation and personal betrayal.

Mood

MelancholicWistfulBittersweetMournful

Themes

FriendshipLoveIdentityArt and creationComing apart

Tone

Operatic

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

PainterlyFormalist

Structure

Framed flashback

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Sexual contentGraphic violence

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