Farewell My Concubine is an epic movie.

"Farewell My Concubine" is an epic movie. Not only is the cast perfect for the plot, but even the filming techniques and lenses are well used. Farewell My Concubine" broke several box office records soon after its release in Mainland China and Hong Kong. And the movie won the Palme d'Or, the highest award at the Cannes Film Festival in France, which was the first Chinese movie to win this honor. The movie also won many awards in the film industry, such as the International Federation of Film Critics Award and the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film in the United States.

However, the movie "Farewell My Concubine" completely refreshed people's impression of Chinese movies. The main characters of "Farewell My Concubine" are Cheng Dieyi and Duan Xiaolou. The actor of Cheng Dieyi, Leslie Cheung, is a singer whom everyone likes very much. In this movie, Zhang Guorong's acting skills can be said to have reached a new height. In fact, at that time, many people still had a big prejudice against Zhang Guorong, thinking that Zhang Guorong only sang, but Zhang Guorong paid a lot for the role of Cheng Dieyi. In order to play the role well, he even took himself as the role, living himself as Cheng Dieyi.

Beijing Opera had been the national treasure of China at the beginning of the Sino-Japanese War in 1937. In those days, the favorite thing for men, women and children, rich and poor alike, was to go to the theater. The stars of the time were comparable to today, and tickets were hard to come by. They were feted everywhere, and were even honored by dignitaries. This period was the heyday of Peking Opera. Cheng Dieyi and Duan Xiaolou, who were born in this era, became corner players. They were sought after by everyone and were called bosses, however the good times did not last long. The popularity of the Anti-Japanese War and the introduction of new democratic ideas made the play villainous. People with cultural knowledge thought that drama was an old thing, the voice of the dead and would stop the country's development and progress. Until the founding of the People's Republic of China*** and the State of China, Cheng Dieyi and Duan Xiaolou wore costumes and were forced to expose each other's past and ravage their favorite plays. After the end of the Cultural Revolution, drama returns to the historical stage. At this time, Cheng Dieyi and Duan Xiaolou have gone through vicissitudes and no longer have the same passion.