`Farewell My Concubine,” which shared the Cannes Grand Prize this year with “The Piano,” is an “art film” that’s also a huge, gorgeous, crowd-pleasing spectacle. Yet it’s about ...

Western operas rarely tackle Chinese themes. The notable exception is Giacomo Puccini's Turandot, which portrays a cunning princess in imperial Peking and has a score tinged with the nation's ...

Farewell My Concubine was adapted for the screen by Chen Kaige in 1993 to immense acclaim, winning the 1993 Palme d'Or, Cesar Award for Best Foreign Film, ...

A cinematic feast is an easy way to describe Chen Kaige's new masterpiece, Farewell My Concubine. Rich, melodic, luxuriant, and intelligent, Concubine is an intimate and passionate essay on the ...

FAREWELL MY CONCUBINE Auditions Staged Reading in New York 01/09. Add a Show Listing 2025 Spring Preview: Email: Sign-up: News on your favorite shows, specials & more! EXPLORE REGIONS. Sign-up: ...

At roughly 2 1/2 hours, rather than its original running time of well beyond three hours, “Farewell My Concubine” feels too short. Banned in China, trunchated in America, this epic work… ...

Jul 24, 2024 Web Exclusive By Joey Arnone Photography by The Criterion Collection. Winner of the Palme d’Or at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival, Chen Kaige’s historical epic, Farewell My Concubine, spans ...

Farewell My Concubine was shown in the special screening section at the 6 th TIFF. As well as being an acclaimed director, Chen has appeared onscreen, in his own 1999 film The Emperor and the ...

W hen “Farewell My Concubine” hit the screens in China in 1993, many were shocked by its portrayal of taboo subjects—homosexuality, suicide and the Cultural Revolution. The story follows two ...

Who: Farewell My Concubine What: 1993 Movie Juxian, middle, and Xialou, left, with the rest of their theater group. It follows them as they grow into men, ...

A restoration of Chen Kaige’s 'Farewell My Concubine' is at TIFF's Classics strand while Jean-Luc Godard's last film will feature in Wavelengths.