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Farewell my concubine

Farewell my concubine

Blu-ray 1993

A breathtakingly intimate romance unfolds against a sweeping backdrop of social upheaval in renowned director Chen Kaige's sumptuous saga of passion, fate, and the transcendent possibilities of art. Spanning fifty years of twentieth-century Chinese history, Farewell My Concubine follows aspiring actors Dieyi and Xiaolou as they emerge from a childhood of brutal training to become Beijing-opera stars, with life mirroring art as Dieyi's unrequited...

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ISBN:
9798886071696
Edition:
Blu-ray special edition
Description:
1 videodisc (171 minutes) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 inches
polychrome
digital
optical
surround
DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
wide screen
HDTV
video file
Blu-ray video
region A
Target Audience Note:
Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A
MPAA rating: R
Other Title:
霸王别姬
Notes:
Includes special features
Originally released as a motion picture in 1993
Title from container
Leslie Cheung, Zhang Fengyi, Gong Li
Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback) ; anamorphic wide screen format (1.85:1 aspect ratio) ; DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
For private home use only
Audio track in Chinese (Mandarin), with optional subtitles in English
Control Number:
3355232
UPC:
715515299916
Other Authors:
Chen, Kaige, 1952- film director
Cheung, Leslie, 1956-2003, actor
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher
Gong, Li, 1965- actor
Li, Bihua, screenwriter
Lu, Wei, screenwriter
Tomson (Hong Kong) Films Co., Ltd., production company
Xu, Feng, film producer
Zhang, Fengyi, actor
motion picture adaptation of (work): Li, Bihua. Ba wang bie Ji
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