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Farewell My Concubine

Published
Film Movement, 1992.
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2024.
Physical Description
1 online resource (streaming video file) (172 minutes): .flv file, sound
Additional Creators
Kaige, Chen, You, Ge, Li, Gong, Cheung, Leslie, Fengyi, Zhang, Film Movement (Firm), and Kanopy (Firm)
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Summary
Cheng Dieyi (Leslie Cheung) and Duan Xiaolou (Zhang Fengyi) grow up enduring the harsh training of the Peking Opera Academy, where instructors regularly beat the students to instill in them the discipline needed to master the complex physical and vocal techniques of this ancient art. As the two boys mature, they develop complementary talents: Dieyi, with his fine, delicate features, assumes the female roles while Xiaolou plays masculine warlords. Their dramatic identities become real for Dieyi when he falls in love with Xiaolou, who fails to fully reciprocate his affections and marries a courtesan, Juxian (Gong Li), creating a dangerous, jealousy-filled romantic triangle.
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digital
Digital File Characteristics
video file MPEG-4 Flash
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Title from title frames.
Film.
License expires 09/23/25.
Participant/Performer Note
Ge You, Gong Li, Leslie Cheung, Zhang Fengyi.
Data/Place of Event
Originally produced by Film Movement in 1992.
Endowment Note
Samuel M. Loewner Textbook and Educational Resources Endowment
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