Ba wang bie ji

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

Oct 15 1993 R 2h 51m
Drama, Music, Romance

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.

Plot

"Farewell, My Concubine" is a movie with two parallel, intertwined stories. It is the story of two performers in the Beijing Opera, stage brothers, and the woman who comes between them. At the same time, it attempts to do no less than squeeze the entire political history of China in the twentieth century into a three-hour time-frame.

Written by

Pik-Wah Lee, Wei Lu

Directed by

Kaige Chen

Production Countries

Hong Kong, China

Production Companies

China Film Co-Production Corporation, Beijing Film Studio, Maverick Picture Company

Languages

Awards

Nominated for 2 Oscars. 24 wins & 12 nominations total

Scores
# of Votes
34,794
Average Rating
8.1 out of 10
Metascore
83
Popularity
NA