FAREWELL, MY CONCUBINE
Chen Kaige's FAREWELL, MY CONCUBINE plays out the tumultuous relationship of two Peking Opera stars' lives from the early 1920's through the Cultural Revolution. Epic in scale, this sumptuously mounted period piece is able to create superb acting vehicles for both Gong Li as a conniving prostitute and Leslie Cheung as the opera singer who specializes in female roles and is desperately infatuated with his longtime friend and costar who plays the masculine roles on and off stage. Ravishingly beautiful sets and costumes highlight this incredilbly moving tale of loyalty and loss amidst the turmoil of ever-chaging climates in China. NOT TO BE MISSED!! The first Chinese film to garner an Oscar nomination for best foreign film...