Farewell My Concubine

Name: Farewell My Concubine
Genre: Drama
Released: 1993-01-01T00:00:00.000Z
Rating: 8.033

About Farewell My Concubine

In an epic tale of theater, gender, love and class, two Beijing opera actors navigate political turmoil as their friendship evolves over decades.

Farewell My Concubine (1993) is a drama film directed by Chen Kaige. At 171 minutes long, it arrived in January 1993.

The film is filed under best friend, china, society, and transvestite.

Leslie Cheung appears as Cheng Dieyi, Zhang Fengyi as Duan Xiaolou, Gong Li as Juxian, and Lü Qi as Master Guan. The screenplay is by Lilian Lee Bik-Wah and Lu Wei. It streams on BFI Player Amazon Channel, Criterion Channel, and Film Movement Plus in the United States.

Lan Yu, The Last Emperor, and Chasing Amy make useful companions to Farewell My Concubine, all filed under LGBT. TMDB voters put it at 8.0 out of 10 across 753 votes and it carries a R rating.