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| Farewell My Concubine |
| Written by Mei |
| Thu, Feb 12 2009, 04:34PM |
 Title: 霸王别姬
English Title: Farewell My Concubine Genre(s): Drama, Romance, Music Year(s): 1993 Length: 2hrs 51min Rating: 7.5/10
Synopsis:Dieyi, the son of a prostitute, was basically forced into joining the Beijing Opera troop when he was young by his mother after she chopped off the sixth finger on his hand. That was the start of the multilation of him, both body and soul.The film follows through his life in the troop and as a Beijing Opera performer as well as his struggle with the feelings he had for this slightly older troop member, Xiaolou, who looked out for Dieyi when they were young. From childhood to death, this film spanned across several remarkable points in Chinese history and showed the effects of those events on the two men and the people in their lives. Cast:
Quick Review:Although this again falls into the category of films that I don't normally watch, I found it interesting. Although it is not a film that I love. Mostly because I don't like over dramatic plots or tragic endings.Leslie's acting was superb of course. The same could be said for the rest of the cast as well. This film...had many things it wanted to convey but what left the biggest impression on me was how it showed the ugliness of human hearts around the Chinese Cultural Revolution period where people really did turn on their family members and such to save themselves. To what extent I wouldn't know since I was born well after the fact (=P), but it is still sad thinking about it nonetheless. But yeah, since I hate themes such as betrayal and/or unfulfilled love (even if it was homo), this was not my type of film, but I would recommend seeing it if you could stand gruesome imagery and...what I mentioned above with betrayal and tragedy. |
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