What's in Farewell My Concubine?

Farewell My Concubine is a literary film produced by Tomson Film Co., Ltd., adapted from Li Bihua's novel of the same name, directed by Chen Kaige and written by Li Bihua and Reid. Leslie Cheung, Gong Li and ZhangFeng yi starred.

The film revolves around the joys and sorrows of two Peking Opera actors for half a century, showing the thinking and understanding of traditional culture, human living conditions and human nature. 1993, the film was released in Chinese mainland and Hongkong, China, and then in many countries and regions around the world, and broke the box office record of literary films from Chinese mainland in the United States [1].

1993 this film won the Palme d 'Or, the highest prize in Cannes International Film Festival, becoming the first China film to win this honor [2]; In addition, this film has won many international awards, such as the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film and the International Federation of Film Critics Award, and it is the only China film that won the Palme d 'Or Award at Cannes International Film Festival and the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film [3]. 1994 Leslie Cheung won the Special Contribution Award of the 4th China Film Performing Arts Society for this film. In 2005, Farewell My Concubine was selected as one of the "Best Movies in Global History 100" by Time magazine of the United States. [4]

Chinese name

Farewell My Concubine

Foreign name

Farewell my concubine

rash

1993

Production company

Beijing film studio tomson (hong kong) film co., ltd

Issuing company

Tomson (Hong Kong) Film Company Limited

Production area

British Hong Kong, Chinese mainland.