Farewell My Concubine
霸王别姬
1993
Palme d'Or — 46th Cannes Film Festival
- Director:
- Chen Kaige
- Studio:
- Beijing Film Studio, China Film Co-Production Corporation, Tomson Films, Maverick Picture Company
- Starring:
- Leslie Cheung, Zhang Fengyi, Gong Li
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In 1924 Peking, a young boy by the name of Douzi is abandoned by his prostitute mother to a Peking opera troupe supervised by Master Guan, who like many other opera troupe leaders, would take in orphaned children as apprentices. There, Douzi is mocked by the other children for his mother's origin, but nonetheless is befriended by another boy about his age, Shitou, a boy with a talent for breaking stones with his head. As teenagers, Douzi trains to play dan (female heroine roles), while Shitou learns jing (male hero roles).