
Farewell My Concubine
The passionate story of two lifelong friends and the woman who comes between them.
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Release Date
1/1/1993Runtime
171 minsGenres
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
ReleasedOriginal Language
ChineseBudget
$4,000,000Revenue
$6,400,000Homepage
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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
Heads up
Sexual contentGraphic violence
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