"Farewell My Concubine" is a literary film produced by Tomson Films Co., Ltd., adapted from Lilian Lee Pik-Wah 's novel of the same name, directed by Chen Kaige , written by Lilian Lee Pik-Wah, Wei Lu , Leslie Cheung , Gong Li , ZhangFeng yi Lead the leading role.
The film revolves around the sorrows and joys of partings and meetings of two Peking opera actors for half a century , showing the thinking and understanding of traditional culture, human living conditions and human nature. In 1993, the film was released in mainland China and Hong Kong, China. Since then, it has been released in many countries and regions around the world, and it broke the box office record of mainland Chinese literary films in the United States.
In 1993, the film won the Palme d’Or, the highest award in France’s Cannes International Film Festival , and became the first Chinese film to receive this honor
. In addition, the film also won the American Golden Globe Awards for Best Foreign Language Film and the International Film Critics League Award. It has many international awards and is the only Chinese film that has won the Cannes International Film Festival Palme d'Or Award and the best foreign language film in the American Golden Globe Awards
. In 1994, Leslie Cheung won the Special Contribution Award of the 4th China Film and Performing Arts Society for this film . In 2005, the film was selected as one of the " 100 Best Movies in Global History " by " Time " in the United States .
On March 3, 2020, the movie revealed the preview of the South Korean rebroadcast. The film is 171 minutes long and will be re-screened in South Korea on April 1. Previously, the film was set on March 25, and later adjusted to the 17th anniversary of Leslie Cheung's death.
