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Farewell My Concubine

Movie · 1993 · 171 min

A sweeping, sorrowful epic that moves slowly through decades of history, blending stage spectacle with quiet devastation and leaving you heavy long after it ends.

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1993 film directed by Chen Kaige
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Year
1993
Runtime
171 min
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • obsession
  • betrayal
  • politics
  • grief
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror3
Humour1
Realism8
Romance6
Tension6
Darkness8
Complexity8
Emotional weight9

Details

Genres
drama, romance, historical
Directed by
Chen Kaige
Written by
Lilian Lee, Lu Wei
Starring
Gong Li, Leslie Cheung, Ge You, Zhang Fengyi, Jiang Wenli, David Wu, Ying Da
Music
Zhao Jiping
Cinematography
Gu Changwei
Runtime
171 min
Country
People's Republic of China
Languages
Putonghua

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