Mark (walks into Gao's office): The intelligence department’s expense report.
Gao Renni: Did they trouble you?
Ma: No.
High: Attached documents. Very good.
(Two people walk out of the embassy)
Ma: How about living well?
Gao: It's okay.
Ma: Not bad? Where is...?
Gao: Simple and small, but still comfortable.
Ma: We all have the same furniture, do you know? The furniture comes from a French factory.
Gao: Oh, my God. Things here are really different.
Ma: You find it different from when you were at Renault, right?
Gao: Oh, yes, it's really different.
(On the streets of Beijing, there are pedestrians and vehicles everywhere)
Gao: Did you know? Regardless of the right to kill, they have the right to spend money.
Ma: Can they break the routine by spending money?
Gao: Yes.
Ma: Oh, I started to check the transportation fee today.
Gao: Very good.
Ma: Found that 57 sets of wipers have been replaced in the past six months.
Gao: So many?
Ma: Do they drive in acid rain?
High: Locals may spit on the windshield. (Laughter) Oh, my God! Is the party hosted by the Swiss or Swedish embassy?
Ma: I remember it was Switzerland.
Gao: No, no, you were right before, it was the Swedish embassy. Then it should be that direction.
(Beginning of the performance)
Gao: What are they doing to torture us tonight? Hope it is no longer Chinese acrobatics. I'm tired of watching the performance of putting my feet on my neck. (What else do you want to see? A thousand-handed Guanyin?)
Ma: Mrs. Ba said that there will be an opera performance.
Gao: Really? Are there any actresses performing internationally?
Mrs. Ba: No, it's a local actress who sings the "Madame Butterfly" excerpt.
Gao: It is impolite, I have never watched "Mrs. Butterfly".
Bar: Really?
Gao: Don't tell others, people here generally think I am very educated. (Song Liling, wearing a white robe, appears and sings Madame Butterfly's repertoire.)
Ba: She will fall in love with a US Navy. This would be a big mistake.
Gao: Why?
Barbara: He will marry her, but he is not serious.
Barbara: Her American seamen will leave him. He will not come back. (Gao is deeply moved by the story and singing)
(After the performance, in the garden of the embassy)
Chatting lady: Miss Song is very beautiful, but her voice is not good. (Many people think this is unreasonable. How can a Peking opera performer sing Bel Canto again? I asked a friend who is a professional Peking opera student. He said that it is impossible to do it in theory, as long as the vocal part is changed. Opera also emphasizes one specialization and multiple abilities, and singing traditional Peking opera. At the same time practicing Western
bel canto , it’s no fuss.) (Gao sees Song Liling coming out of the embassy and hurried to catch up. At this time, she put on a quaint dark red Tang suit.)
Gao: Miss Song. The performance was wonderful.
Song: Thank you.
Gao: I think actresses are fat women with poor makeup.
Song: Bad makeup is not just in the West.
Gao: I have never seen you perform so convincingly.
Song: Persuasive? Do you mean that I am playing a Japanese woman? Did you know that during the Anti-Japanese War, the Japanese let thousands of Chinese conduct scientific experiments? But I don’t think you will understand the irony.
Gao: No, no, I mean...you made me understand the moving part of the story, and understand her death. That was... a pure sacrifice! He is not worthy of her doing this, but she loves him very much. It's... very moving.
Song: Yes, it is very touching for Westerners.
Gao: What do you mean?
Song: This is your fantasy, isn't it? Submissive Eastern women and cruel whites.
Gao: I don't think so.
Song: Let’s put it this way, if the blond cheerleader fell in love with the small Japanese businessman, what would you think? After they got married, he returned to China for three years. During the period, she prayed for his photos and refused the begging of the rich children. When she learned that her husband would marry again, she committed suicide. I think you think this woman is a complete fool, right? But because Eastern women committed suicide for Westerners, you feel moving.
Gao: Yes, I understand what you mean.
Song: It means that the music is moving, not the story. You are...
Gao: My surname is Gao, Gao Renni.
Song: If you want to watch excellent plays, come to the Beijing Theater another day to broaden your knowledge.
(At Gao's home at night)
Gao (said while brushing his teeth): Did you know that Chinese people are more arrogant than people in any country.
Gao's wife Jenny: They warned us in Paris, do you remember?
Gao: I remember. Even Parisians say that the Chinese are arrogant. This is a change.
Jane: It's not a fuss. Whenever I see Chinese people blowing their noses on the street, I think of what my father once said: East is East and West is West. The two will never merge. That way I feel better. So, tell me, have you seen Han Lisi's wife?
Gao: Oh, no.
Jane: She actually manages the embassy.
Gao: Sorry.
Jane: She is very simple.
Gao: I left early.
Jane: Have you caught a cold too?
Gao: No, I'm okay, I just... this... it's ridiculous, it's like this, I know a Chinese actress. She is singing in the Beijing Theater.
Jane: The opera singers sing like cats crying.
Gao: The scene where she died in singing "Madame Butterfly".
Jane: Chinese is really interesting. I usually sound like singing.
Gao: Did you know that Chinese people do not like "Madame Butterfly"?
Jane: She doesn't like to play again?
Gao: They don't like it because the white people got the woman... I think it's sour grapes.
Jane: Why can't they regard it as a beautiful movement? (Fan with a book, humming "Madame Butterfly." However, the mirror still shows a blond white woman.)
(Gao's office, a colleague handed him a package from the postman)
Gao: Thank you.
(Gao Jiang placed the "Madame Butterfly" album on the table, staring at the "Madame Butterfly" on the cover)
(Gao walks on the streets of Beijing at night, the noises on the streets are noisy, a picture of the life of ordinary people Picture)
(Gao asks an old man repairing a bicycle for directions)
Gao (in Chinese): Hello. (Try to explain) Theater.
Old man: I don't understand what you said, I don't understand.
High: Opera. (Seeing that the old man is still at a loss, he sings a fragment of "Madame Butterfly".) The
old man: Oh, the opera singer! Over there, just around the corner! (The old man is really smart, and the foreign devils are not bad. I will understand how to explain it)
(in the theater)
Gao: Thank you. (Mandarin)
Ticket seller: No thanks.
(Gao walks into the theater, the stage is performing the Peking opera "The Concubine Drunk", Song Liling walks out curledly, she plays the role of Concubine Yang.)
Audience (Cheers): Ok...!
Gong E (singing): Gong E are toasting.
Song (singing): What wine to toast?
Gong E (singing): Dragon and Phoenix Wine.
Song (singing): What is dragon and phoenix wine?
(The audience listened with gusto, but Gao watched with enthusiasm.)
(Behind the stage)
Actor: I'm off work, now it's up to you. I have to rest.
(Gao walks in)
Actor: Guys, come a foreigner!
Harlequin actor: Dude, here comes a little foreigner! Foreigner!
(Gao finds Song, she is removing her makeup in the special room for the backstage. The waitress just brought a pot of boiling water for Song, and when she sees Gao, she pulls across the curtain.)
Song (said to the waitress): You just put it here Bar. (Mandarin)
Song: Mr. Gao, come in.
Gao: Do you know that I am in the auditorium?
Song: You can find it easily. Are you a bold imperialist?
Gao: I think it will enhance my knowledge.
Song: Congratulations. It will take you three weeks to think about this.
Gao: I'm very busy!
Song: By the way, education has always been underestimated in the West, right?
Gao: I don't think so.
Song: Of course you don't think. How can you judge your worth objectively?
Gao: There may be an objective understanding.
Song: Really?
(Song opens a corner of the curtain, only a small part of his face is exposed in the dim light)
Song: As a gentleman , come and light my cigarette.
(After work, the two are walking on the street.)
Song: Oriental women have always had a certain degree of charm to white men, is it true?
Gao: Yes. But that charm belongs to the imperialists, you told me.
Song: Yes. Has always been imperialist. But sometimes, this charm is mutual. This is my home, come back another day. We will continue the learning process.
(Song turns around and enters the house, leaving Gao and the other person in a bit of melancholy.)
(Gao walks on the street and sees an old man fishing for dragonflies by the river.)
Gao: Hello. (Mandarin)
Old man: Hello.
Gao: What are you...what are you doing?
Old man: Oh, are you asking me what it does? (It's another clever old man, enough to make Wenquxing's translation tools completely stop cooking) I caught it to feed the birds. This is a dragonfly that has just hatched. It can't fly yet. It sleeps by the water at night. When it breaks tomorrow morning, it will...Do you like it? Okay, I will give you one as a souvenir.
Gao: Thank you. (Mandarin)
(In the morning, Gao's home. His wife pulled out last night's theater ticket from his jacket pocket)
Gao: I had a very strange dream.
Jane: It's strange that you still have time to dream. When did you come back last night?
Gao: I went to... the house of Gai. You know what they will be like when they receive beer. I won't go again for a while.
(Gao finds Song's house again. Song's servant, a Cantonese woman comes to open the door.)
Gao: Hello, uh...Song Liling. (Mandarin)
Maid: Come, hurry up, she is waiting for you.
(Gao came to Song's room and saw the photo on the table.)
Song: That's my father. Fortunately, he died alive to see the revolution. (Some people say that this sentence is also a bug. It was only in 1964, and the Cultural Revolution had not yet begun. However, Huang Zhelun's original book wrote "Revolution" instead of "Culture Revolution", so it is not certain that it refers to the Cultural Revolution. Although 64 The trend of the Cultural Revolution in 1960 has begun to take shape.) Otherwise they would let him kneel and break the glass. It's not that he is not worthy of such punishment. But he is my father, and I don't want to see such a thing happen.
(The maid brings tea)
Song: Okay, you go. (Mandarin)
Song: Your coming is dangerous...you have to understand.
Gao: I am not worried about this.
Song: I'm not worried either. It's just... maybe... I'm a little scared of scandals.
Gao: What did you do that would cause a scandal?
Song: I will entertain you at home.
Gao: In our country, this is not enough to constitute...
Song: You are from France. France is a country in an advanced era, perhaps more advanced than the times. China is a...a country with a history of two thousand years. What I have done, even if it is... now pouring you a cup of tea, is meaningful. (Xiang Gao Fengcha)
(Gao holds Song Fengcha's hand, Song breaks free)
Song: Please go back. please. Mr. Gao...I have never invited a man to my home, and my bold actions made me feel ashamed. Please go!
(Gao kisses Song)
Gao: If I go now, how do you know I will come back?
Song: You are cruel.
(Gao works alone in the office. Hearing the sound of footsteps, he seems to think of something and raises her head in surprise.)
Jenny: Honey, shall we not go to Fei's party?
(At the party)
Mrs. Ba (chat with others): Do you want to bore me down with political topics?
Man: The most important thing is that you don't have to worry.
Mrs. Ba: Don't worry about anything?
Man: Chinese people accept communism because they are used to following warlords.
(Deputy Consul Lai Peng and his two subordinates stare aside)
Subordinate A: Don't take the time to think about Mrs. Ba.
Lai Peng: Her body is like the Forbidden City, out of reach.
(High-end food comes to their table and sits down. The three immediately get up and plan to leave)
Gao: Sorry, did I bother you? (Three people sit back again)
Subordinate A: Listen, we are very upset that you have returned our expenses for further verification.
Gao: I'm sorry for this. Because I found two other suspicious items tonight.
Lai Peng: Do you want to prove something?
Gao: This is my duty, not to prove anything. I mean, if you think you can succeed by acting rashly, then you are wrong.
Lai Peng: Listen, you are just an unknown person, you are an accountant. (Reaching out a bit of the mustard sauce in the high plate, licking it, and spreading it on the high beef.) If you don't know the face, we will show you a good look. (The other two sneered)
(Gao had to get up awkwardly, and the knife fell on the floor due to nervousness. He picked it up in embarrassment and walked away in a panic)
Jenny (chat with Mark): I used to work for my father .
Mark: Really?
Jane: Yes.
Ma: Is he the lead singer of the choir?
Jane: He is not. We have lived in India. (Gao walks to her and sits down)
Ma: Is it Punjab?
Jane: Yes, how do you know?
Ma: I have been to Sri Lanka.
Jane: Oh, really? China is a good place for transition.
Ma: Do you miss Paris?
Jane: I have no time to miss Paris. We are still working, and I still have things to do. It's really different here. I'm still thinking...
(Song
writes to Gao) The letter says: Do we have any quarrels? I have no idea. Are you not interested in Peking Opera? Please come back. My audience miss that white devil very much. It has been six weeks since the last time I saw you. I have not heard from you. Sometimes I hate you. Sometimes I hate myself. But for a long time... I seem to miss you. Unexpectedly you don't care so much. Don't come to see me. I will drive you away next time.
(Gao walks into the office while opening the letter)
Assistant: Rennie! Renni, I think of those changes... (Gao waves his hand to indicate that he doesn't want to be disturbed now.)
(Gao gently puts the letter on the table carefully, and his eyes never leave for a second) The
letter says: I am speechless . I can no longer remain silent. What are you going to do? I have no more shame for you.
(In the consulate)
Gao: If you really think I have exceeded my authority, okay! Go talk to Ambassador Durham.
Lai Peng: Dude, I have already told him.
Embassy staff: Mr. Gao, the ambassador has been looking for you.
Gao: Ambassador?
(Ambassador’s Office)
Ambassador: Not much to say. I have liked you since the day you arrived. You are not a leader, but you are efficient.
Gao: Thank you, Mr. Ambassador.
Ambassador: Don't get excited so quickly. In the past few months, I don't know the reason, but you have become a radical and conceited person. This is what I know.
Gao: No, ambassador, I... I take my job very seriously.
Ambassador: Well, you see, our needs in China are constantly changing. We are still embarrassed about losing Indochina. We will do more intelligence gathering in the future. Some people may be dismissed. Deputy Consul Lai Peng and most of his subordinates will be transferred.
Gao: Ambassador, I think...
Ambassador: But you won’t.
Gao: I won't?
Ambassador: Did it scare you? seems like it. Cheer up, Gorenni. I want you to replace Lai Peng as the deputy consul. I need a new person to coordinate and reorganize the intelligence team. What Paris wants is not just some old photos, showing Chinese officials insulting village girls in the fields. If you find someone who can cheer them up, that person is you. You have cheered them up. So, congratulations, Gorenni. (Hands him a cup of tea)
Gao: Thank you, Mr. Ambassador.
(Gao breaks into Song's yard, Song's maid yells)
Maid: Don't come in! This is not your home! If you don't leave soon, I'll kill you, Fangui! (I listened to what she said several times but didn't understand it. The person who translated it doesn't know how many languages are proficient.)
Gao: Where is Miss Song?
Maid: Go home quickly, Fangui!
(Song hears the sound, opens the door and walks out)
Maid: This ghost is here...
Song: It's alright, it's alright, go to sleep. (Mandarin)
Maid (swearing angrily): Fangui.
Song: Are you crazy? Come this time.
Gao: I was promoted to deputy consul.
Song: Really, what does this have to do with me?
Gao: I am here tonight for answers. Are you my butterfly?
Song: What are you talking about?
Gao: Are you my butterfly?
Song: Don’t you already know it?
Gao: I want to hear you say it.
Song: I don't want to say.
Gao: I only know one thing (takes out the letter from the pocket of my jacket):'I have no more shame for you'.
Song: Stop talking. I have written enough.
Gao: Since you have already admitted, why not answer my question?
Song: I don't want to.
Gao (holding her waist): Are you my butterfly? I want you to tell me honestly, don't let any falsehood exist between us, don't let any pretending pride.
Song (holding Gao's face): Yes, I am your butterfly.
(Gao eagerly kisses her)
Song: Renni, don't do that. Be gentle...I never...
High: Never...? (Gao Yu takes off her coat, she hurriedly pulls it up)
Song: Renni, please let me dress. I'm afraid... Chinese people pay the most attention to dignity.
Gao: My little baby, I don't want to be rough. I want to teach you, teach you tenderly.
Song: Now we are going to engage in... the most unethical love. I am afraid of my destiny.
Gao: There is no fate, except what we have created.
Song: Do you think that if we live in a house with electricity, we will suddenly become Westerners? The Chinese are an ancient nation, attached to an ancient way of life and love. Although inexperienced, I am not ignorant. Our mother taught us how to please men. (Slowly take off the tall coat, unbuttoning his shirt one by one)
(The first day Gao became a deputy consul)
Gao (to his subordinates): Obviously I have a lot to learn. If you refuse to help me learn, there will be conflicts between us. But I want you to remember one thing: Our world is changing, and the French lost in the Indian War because we did not understand the people we want to lead. Therefore, it is natural that we have to correct it, that is, they dislike us. If we don't treat them as human beings, how can they treat us as human beings?
(On the Great Wall) (Run to the Great Wall for a picnic, two of them are really strong)
Song: Renni, I have a doubt, you have to solve it for me.
Gao: What doubts?
Song: Why don't you choose a Western woman and choose a poor... Chinese with a boy breast?
Gao: You are not like a boy, you are like...like a girl, like a young and innocent female student waiting for class.
Song: There is an old Chinese proverb: Asking a girl to study is like spreading rice in the wind. Chinese men do not allow women to have status.
Gao: Is this still the case in the new society?
Song: Our ignorance is equal in the new society. Falling in love with Western men has its stimuli, and your slave’s education will not be considered a threat.
Gao: Of course not, especially since my slave has so many things to teach me.
(In the embassy)
Ambassador: At 5 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, we will detonate six atomic bombs in the Forbidden City.
Embassy staff (take out the bug from under the carpet): This is the last bug.
Ambassador: This should be enough to worry the Communist Party, thank you. Do you remember those Americans? They don't have an embassy, so they use us as their eyes and ears. Johnson (referring to Lyndon Baines Johnson, the 36th President of the United States) ordered the bombing of North Vietnam and Laos. How will China react to this?
Gao: They will protest, but they don't like Ho Chi Minh in their hearts. In essence, they are close to the West and think our method is very exciting. Of course, they will never admit. But the Orientals have always succumbed to the strong. If the Americans show a decisive heart, the Vietnamese will welcome them to join a mutually beneficial alliance.
Ambassador: Do you really think this will happen?
Gao: Honestly, if we don’t want to fight, will the Vietnamese win?
Ambassador: There are a lot of things about them that we don't understand, so I want someone like you. I write your opinion in the report. Americans like to hear how popular they are.
(In Song's home. The maid walked toward Song's room holding a stack of magazines, and saw a middle-aged woman in a liberation suit in the corridor.)
Maid: Comrade? (Show her the magazines in her hand.) (All girl magazines, such as "World Today", "ELLE", etc.)
(Song's room. She is lying on the wide bed reading a book. Suddenly those who walked in A few magazines were thrown on the bed, and she was shocked.) (Similar to me reading novels secretly under the table when I was in school and was discovered by the teacher)
Song: Comrade Qin? Please forgive me, I didn't greet you.
Comrade Qin: Rubbish! Fallen garbage! (Sit down unceremoniously, take out the notebook and pen, staring at Song coldly)
Song: He started telling me about Vietnam. The Americans intend to increase the strength of their troops to 170,000 soldiers, 120,000 militiamen, and 11,000 military advisers.
Qin: Do you know how such magazines belittle women? So why did you do this when he was away?
Song: Comrade, in order to serve the great proletarian country, I will try my best to practice disguise skills. I despise these costumes, but for our great helmsman, I will endure other Western bourgeois gadgets. (This theory is good. Next time I go to FB, I will also use this set as a reason. I say that I have to endure the bourgeois sugar-coated cannonballs in order to revitalize the socialist reform and opening up. The expression is painful.)
Qin: I don't think these The information is enough to make the party change its view of you.
Song: I will do my best... to become another person. (The tone is thoughtful, is it a pun?)
(At the reception, he was holding a cigarette and talking among a group of students)
Gao: So I said to the Americans:'Let Wu Tingyan go! 'They wanted the respect of the Vietnamese, but they offered a seminary student and a useless person to be president. He became famous by his brother-in-law's relationship. The woman enforced blind ethics. ——An Oriental woman, when she is gentle, she is very, very, very good, and when she becomes bad, she will be a Christian! (Everyone laughs)
(Mrs. Ba sitting aside whispered): Gorenni, do you still use the missionary style, or... are you interested in other poses?
(Friendship Hotel) (Opening a room in the Friendship Hotel? Who can tell me how much it cost to stay a night in that era?)
Bar: You seem to be very shy, Gorenni? Don't tell me that this is your first time.
Gao: You can say...this is my first extramarital affair (doesn’t it count with Butterfly?)...I want a bottle of wine, but I think...(Gao opens the door and sees Mrs. Ba sitting naked on the bed Gao suddenly froze.)
Bar: Don’t you think we haven’t had enough tonight?
Gao: This...you look...just like I imagined you were wearing clothes...
B: What do you think will happen? come on.
(Gao Vigorously knocks on Song's door)
Servant: Come out, come out, wait a minute. (Breaking in drunkly) Oh, you ghost! Fanren! You...you knocked on our door so late...Oh, I killed you! (Gao ignores her and walks into Song's room by himself)
(Song is sitting at the desk writing with a bottle of liquor on the table)
Gao: Have you drunk?
Song: I miss you.
Gao (sit on the sofa with a wine bottle): Don't expect me to give up my career for you.
Song: Of course not. I am your slave.
Gao: Slave? ! You say it casually as if it were true.
Song: I mean it.
Gao: Then let's test your obedience. Take off your clothes. Take it off, take it off. I want to see you naked.
Song: But I thought you understood my dignity, I thought you respected my shame.
Gao: You have no shame on me long ago.
Song: It's like a white devil using this to humiliate me.
Gao: Bai Guizi, very good, I am no longer your master! Your obedience is limited.
Song: Why are you doing this to me?
Gao: Because there are always those nonsense! To be loyal to you... To be nice to you... I am not... the kind of person you imagine.
Song: Even the softest skin becomes as tough as leather for people who often touch it. I admit...I don't know how to stop, I don't know how to change my body into another one. Come... take off my clothes. Our love is in your hands. I became incompetent in front of you. (Song lies on the sofa, the master slips his hands under her clothes) Jenny! ...I'm pregnant...
Gao: What?
Song: I am pregnant.
Gao: Oh, butterfly! I betrayed you in many ways, but I love you, I want to save you, save you, protect you...
Song: You have done it. Just tonight, my lovely master, trust me, you have saved my life.
(Beijing Railway Station)
Attendant: Where are you going?
Gao: Chengde.
Attendant: Oh, Chengde. It's 30 cents in total. Okay, yes, here are the tickets for you.
Gao: Thank you. (Holding a ticket and walking towards Song who is sitting in a chair waiting for the bus)
Gao: I really hope I can go with him.
Song: Thinking of me and your son in my dream. When the child is three months old, I will return to you from the parents’ village. This is our custom.
Gao: I said that even my daughter is just as happy.
Song: I'm sure, he will be a son. (Resolutely despise the ultrasound B)
(Gao sent Song away and returned to the embassy. At this time, Song went to another place to meet with Comrade Qin.)
Song (said while walking): I need a child. A Chinese child with blond hair.
Qin: You are talking nonsense, you are crazy. The authorities will not agree to the sale of babies.
Song: Very good, then tell them that we can no longer provide any intelligence about US military activities in Vietnam. I did everything I could. Tell them that you have personally decided that it is no longer worth sacrificing for the revolution. I'm just waiting here.
Qin (helpless): We will fight on the committee. (That's right, don't reason with someone in love)
Song: Comrade. In Peking opera, why are men always playing female roles?
Qin: I don't know. This tradition may be a remnant of opposition and paternalistic social structure...
Song: No. That's because only men know how women will react.
Ambassador (reading the report): In general, the report emphasizes that the fanatical student movement called the "Red Guards" has developed into a truly influential reactionary political force. Will use any excuse to prove that it is correct to expel all foreigners from China. All Western diplomats have a responsibility to keep a low profile as much as possible. Ge Suo, you can no longer go to Fuxingmen for a snack.
(On the way home, Gao saw the Red Guards moving in full swing and setting fire to their costumes.)
Song (holding a baby, sitting at the entrance of Gao's door): Renni.
Gao: Butterflies? !
Song: I promised to have a son for you. Did you see that? It's your son. look.
Gao (takes over the child): Oh, God! He is so beautiful! Butterfly, you are so kind to me! I think twice, I swear to God, if you come back safely, I will never let you go again, I want to marry you, Butterfly! I want to live with you, I want to... take you to Paris!
Song: I can't marry you, Rennie.
Gao: No problem, I will divorce my wife, and I can take you out of China!
Song: I can't.
Gao: Why? (Two Red Guards come in)
Song: I'm sorry, they said all the actors are criminals. I beg them to be accommodating for a few minutes. Promise me... Never forget that our love has blossomed.
Gao: Butterflies!
Song: Renni, no matter what happens, the time with you is the day of my real existence. take care.
(Gao returned to the position of accountant. In the corridor, two colleagues were talking. One of them was the former deputy consul Lai Peng)
Lai Peng: If you study carefully, it won't be like this.
Colleague: Really? Do you really think so?
Gao: Good morning.
Lai Peng: Good morning. (Staring at Gao's back and speaking) Hit back to the prototype.
(Ambassador's Office)
Ambassador: Your demotion has nothing to do with you personally.
Gao: I was sent back to China because I miscalculated the U.S. forces in the Vietnam War.
Ambassador: Of course not. We don’t care about the United States. What we care about is your thinking and analytical skills. Well, you said that China will be open to Western trade, and the only thing that can be traded is Western wisdom. Also, you said that the Americans will win in Vietnam. Are you joking?
(Song was sent to reform through labor)
Broadcasting: You are here because you don't know how to dig in the hard land of China and find out her revolutionary future. We will teach you how to dig. You are here because you are actors, writers and intellectuals, and also enemies of the great Cultural Revolution! We will reform you and teach you how to serve the revolution. You are here because you are separated from the masses. We will transform you and send you back to the new society that you have abandoned! You are here because you represent the "four olds": old ideas, old culture, old customs, and old habits! The reform through labor can enable you to get rid of the four olds and transform you into new citizens in the future! You should reflect on it, and at the same time read today's Chairman Mao's quotations.
(In a French tavern)
Gao: When I left China, everything... collapsed. I live alone now.
The man in the hotel: Give my friend another drink.
Gao: At that time in China, the situation was different. I am different.
The man in the hotel: Of course, you are white.
Gao: No, it's her. It's because of her.
The man in the hotel: Damn it! It must be those students again! Paris is not much better than China, you must think that you are in Beijing now when you go out! Every left-wing student in Paris holds a red book and has red firecrackers in his butt. They are all playing the white-skinned Chinese Communist Party!
(The police used fire hydrants to stop the students from marching, and the two sides clashed, and the street was in chaos)
(Gao was at home and heard the doorbell ringing. He went out, but no one was seen. He was about to turn around and enter the house, and Song was behind him. He hesitated to walk out of the stairs.)
Song: Renni...
Gao: Butterfly? !
Song: Please forgive me. After so many years, I am not qualified to hope...I hope you still remember...
Gao (walking forward with surprise): Butterfly...I know you will come...
Song: But...what about your wife...?
Gao (hold her tightly): She is here. In my arms.
(Gao started working as a postman in France. He delivered the letter one day and was taken away by the long-awaited investigative bureau staff.)
Investigation bureau officer: Mr. Gao, this is Ai Henri of the domestic intelligence team. Please come with us.
(In court, Gao sat in the dock waiting for trial. At this time, the door of the court opened, and a Chinese man in a suit walked in accompanied by two policemen. He was Song Liling.)
Song: It was 1968. I Arrived in Paris. For the next two years, I lived a very comfortable life. I went to perform in various places in France, using the identity of cultural exchange as a cover.
Lawyer One: What about intelligence activities?
Song: Not very active at first. Renni lost all his high-level contacts. The Chinese Ministry of Intelligence is not very interested in the statistics on parking tickets. Eventually, under my urging, Renni got a job as a messenger, delivering confidential government documents.
Lawyer 1: Does he know what you plan to do with those letters?
Song: I told him that the Chinese government is using our son as a threat. If you want to see your son, you have to do something for them first. He cried and said nothing.
Then one day, he came back with his first diplomatic bag. Even in the small details, Renni is the best father.
Lawyer One: I'm finished.
Lawyer 2: The prosecution claimed that Gao Renni was fully aware of the implications of his espionage activities. What is your opinion on this?
Song: I have no opinion.
Lawyer 2: Let's discuss from another angle. Does Mr. Gao know about other things between you? For example: Are you a man?
Song: He has never seen me completely naked. never.
Lawyer 2: But... he must have... what should I say?
Song: Whatever you say. We have been together for many years, and Rennie has never explored my body.
Lawyer 2: Mr. Song, don't pretend to be garlic... After so many years, he has never... even... once?
Song: He earnestly follows the Eastern style of love I said. These are all made up by myself, only for him.
Judge: You haven't answered my question yet. Does he know you are a man?
Song: You have to know, Your Honor, I never asked.
(Gao and Song were sent to prison. On the prison car going to the prison, the two looked at each other with mixed feelings)
Song: What do you want me to do?
Gao: Are you my butterfly?
Song: You still love me, don't you? Still want me? Even if I wear a suit and tie?
Gao: You are not. You are totally unlike... totally not like my butterfly.
Song: Are you so sure? Come here... my little baby.
Gao: I am not!
Song: Ah, I was wrong. I am your little baby. right? (Starts to untie his tie)
Gao: What are you doing?
Song: Help you see my disguise clearly. (Takes off his jacket)
Gao: Stop! enough!
Song: Isn't this something you always wanted to see?
Gao: But... I don't want to anymore! stop! Stop! (Gao escapes into another carriage and closes the iron net door. Song takes off all his clothes)
Song: Look at me.
Gao: See you? See you? Hahaha...
Song: I don't see anything funny.
Gao: You never have a sense of humor, do you? I just think it's very ridiculous, I wasted...so much time...believe in a man.
Song: I'm not just a man. (Song opens the door and walks in, closes Gao's eyes with his hands, then kneels down and holds Gao's hand) Do you remember? Many years ago, the theater where we met in China. In that place, you give me your heart.
Gao: I remember the skin... the curve of the cheeks... the soft lips... (Gao closes his eyes and strokes Song's face with his hands)
Song: I am your butterfly. Under the robe, behind everything, I have always been me. Tell me you love me.
Gao (opens his eyes): How can you... know me so? Committed such a mistake? You showed me the truth, what I love is lies. A perfect lie was destroyed.
Song: You never really loved me?
Gao: I am a man. Fall in love with a woman...a woman created by a man. Others, nothing.
(Prison corridor)
Deliveryman: Special delivery. (The small window on the iron door is opened, and a pair of red nail polished men’s hands are stretched out and handed to the deliveryman a few packs of cigarettes)
Deliveryman: Do you have an important performance tonight, Korenni.
Gao: It is my most important career.
(The prisoners are like black clouds occupying every corner of the prison, wearing kimono robes standing high on the stage in the center of the crowd)
Gao: You all know me, right? why? Because I am a celebrity. (Everyone laughs) I make others laugh, I make all of France laugh. However, if you understand, you won't be able to laugh. On the contrary, men like you should knock on my door and beg to learn my secrets! Because I, Gorenni, is loved and known by the perfect woman. (Starting to make up for myself) I have an oriental phantom, a slender lady, wearing a Tang suit and a large dressing gown, and dying to fall in love with a despicable foreign devil. They were brought up to be perfect women since they were born, they were submissive to us, and love unconditionally made them strong. This illusion became my life. My fault is simple and absolute. The man I love is not worthy of my love, he is not worthy of a second glance. But, I give him my love, all my love. Love distorted my judgment and blindfolded my eyes. Until now, when I looked in the mirror, I couldn't see anything except... I had an illusion. The illusion of the East. In the depths of the almond-like eyes, there are still women. Willing to sacrifice oneself for loving a man. Even the love of that man is completely worthless. It is better to die vigorously than to live mediocre. Therefore, finally, in a prison far away from China, I found her. My name is Gorenni, and another name is-Madame Butterfly! (Everyone applauded enthusiastically. Gao cut his throat with a mirror amidst the applause and cheers. At the same time, the door of the plane Song was travelling in was closed, and the camera gradually moved away.)
(End of the play)
Director Director :
* David Cronenberg
Writer:
* David Henry Hwang .....(play)/(screenplay)
* David Henry Hwang .....(screenplay)
Actor:
* Jeremy Ai Jeremy Irons ..... René Gallimard
* John Lone ..... Song Liling
* Barbara Sukowa .....Jeanne Gallimard
* Ian Richardson .....Ambassador Toulon
* Annabel Leventon .....Frau Baden
* Shizuko Hoshi .....Comrade Chin
* Richard McMillan .....Embassy Colleague
* Vernon Dobtcheff .....Agent Etancelin
* David Hemblen ..... Intelligence Officer #1
* Damir Andrei ..... Intelligence Officer #2
* Antony Parr ..... Intelligence Officer #3
* Margaret Ma. ....Song's Maid
* Tristram Jellinek .....Defense attorney
* Philip McGough .....Prosecution attorney
* David Neal .....Judge
* Sean Hewitt .....Ambassador's Aide
* Peter Messaline .. ...Diplomat at party
* Michael Mehlmann .....Drunk in Paris bar
* Barbara Chilcott .....Critic at Garden Party
* George Jonas .....Mall Trustee
* Carl Zvonkin ..... Surveillance technician
* Viktor Fülöp ... ..Marshal
* Cadman Chui .....Accordion Player
* María Teresa Uribe .....Paris Opera Madama Butterfly
* Harriet Chung .....Red Guard Dancer
* Monica Gan .....Red Guard Dancer
* Ayumi Komoda ..... Red Guard Dancer
* Tammy Lok ..... Red Guard Dancer
* Tracey Oh ..... Red Guard Dancer
* Huang Donghua Carly Wong ..... Red Guard Dancer
Produced by:
* David Henry Hwang .....executive producer
* Gabriella Martinelli .....producer
* Philip Sandhaus .....executive producer
Original Music:
* Howard Shore Howard Shore
Photography Cinematography:
* Peter Suschitzky
Editing Film Editing:
* Ronald Sanders
Casting Director Casting:
* Deirdre Bowen
Art Director Production Designer:
* Carol Spier
Art Design Art Direction by:
* Alicia Keywan
* James McAteer
Set Decoration by:
* Elinor Rose Galbraith
Costume Design by:
* Denise Cronenberg
Assistant Director/Assistant Director:
* John Board .....first assistant director
* Simon Board .....third assistant director
* Cécile Boisrond-Becker ..... second assistant director: Paris (as Cecile Boisrond)
* Cassandra Cronenberg .....trainee assistant director
* Gábor Gajdos ..... assistant director: Budapest
* Léonard Guillain .... .first assistant director: Paris
* Zsuzsa Gurban .....assistant director: Budapest unit
* Kim H. Winther .....second assistant director
* Lars P. Winther .....trainee assistant director
* Xie Yan Yang Xie ..... third assistant director: Far East
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