Fifth-generation Chinese filmmaker Chen Kaige’s “Farewell My Concubine” wowed the Cannes jury under president Louis Malle in 1993 — all the way to a Palme d’Or win. But by the time the three-hour epic ...
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 ...
Winner of the Palme d’Or at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival, Chen Kaige’s historical epic, Farewell My Concubine, spans fifty years of 20th-century Chinese history while shining a spotlight on the ...
Exclusive: Film Movement Classics will bring a 4K uncut restoration of Chen Kaige's provocative 1993 Palme d'Or winner to North American theaters this September. Watch the trailer here. At last, ...