Center Stage

About Center Stage

Based on the tragic true story of China's first prima donna of the silver screen, Ruan Lingyu, chronicling her rise to fame as a movie actress in Shanghai during the 1930s.

Center Stage is a 1991 history romance film directed by Stanley Kwan Kam-Pang. Maggie Cheung stars as Ruan Lingyu, Tony Leung Ka-fai as Cai Chusheng, Ronald Chin Han as Tang Jishan, and Carina Lau as Li Lili.

Released in November 1991, it runs 155 minutes. Written by Chiu Kang-Chien. It was produced by Golden Harvest Productions.

Shelv files it under historical drama, romantic drama, biography, and 1930s. In the United States it streams on Film Movement Plus and Film Movement Plus Amazon Channel. It scores 7.3 out of 10 from 94 TMDB voters and it carries a NR rating.

Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale, Wilde, and Schindler's List make useful companions to Center Stage.