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Farewell My Concubine

1993

IMDb

Kaige Chen

1993·R·ChinaChina, Hong KongHong Kong, South KoreaSouth Korea
Award tierGold
Metascore
DramaMusicRomanceIndieWorld

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.

Cast

Gong Li·Leslie Cheung·Fengyi Zhang·You Ge

Producers

Feng Hsu·Jade Hsu·Pin Hsu·Zhenduo Li·Donald Ranvaud

Languages

ChinaMandarin

Major Awards

4 wins · 1 nomination

Wins (4)

Festival Grand Prize

Cannes Film Festival (1993)

Palme d'Or

Kaige Chen

Best Picture

BAFTA Awards (1994)

Best Film not in the English Language

Kaige ChenFeng Hsu
London Critics Circle Film Awards (1995)

Foreign Language Film of the Year

Critics' Awards

Cannes Film Festival (1993)

FIPRESCI Prize

Kaige Chen

Nominations (1)

Best Picture

César Awards, France (1994)

Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger)

Kaige Chen