Farewell My Concubine (1993)

Name: Farewell My Concubine
Released: 1993
Rating: 7.7
Cast: Leslie Cheung Kwok-Wing, Zhang Fengyi, Gong Li, Lü Qi, Ying Da

• Movies, Drama

• 171 min

7.9

The passionate story of two lifelong friends and the woman who comes between them.

Directed by: Chen Kaige
Casting: Leslie Cheung Kwok-Wing, Zhang Fengyi, Gong Li, Lü Qi, Ying Da, Ge You, Lei Han, Yi Di, Yin Zhi, Ma Mingwei, Zhao Hailong, Fei Zhenxiang, Yang Yong Chao, Huang Fei, Jiang Wenli, Zhi Yitong, Li Chun, David Wu, Shen Huifen, Huang Lei, Fang Zheng, Sui Yongqing, Yang Lixin
Countries: China, Hong Kong
Premiere: 1993-01-01
Status: Released

Tags: china, society, transvestite, cultural revolution, woman between two men, best friend, beijing, china, lgbt, chinese opera, female impersonator, severed finger

Two boys meet at an opera training school in Peking in 1924. Their resulting friendship will span nearly 70 years and endure some of the most troublesome times in China's history.