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Farewell My Concubine

1993·2h 51m·R
DramaRomanceMusic
IMDb Rating
★ 8.1/10
37,190 votes
Metascore
84
Metacritic

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.

Farewell My Concubine is a 1993 drama romance movie directed by Kaige Chen, starring Gong Li, Leslie Cheung, You Ge. It holds an IMDb rating of 8.1/10 from 37,190 votes and runs 2h 51m.

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Director
Kaige Chen
Stars
Gong Li
Leslie Cheung
You Ge
Fengyi Zhang
Details
1993-10-15
171 min
Movie
R
★ China, Hong Kong, South Korea
★ Mandarin
Keywords
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