The king of lovers

Nicola 2022-03-25 09:01:16

Duan Xiaolou (Zhang Fengyi) and Cheng Dieyi (Leslie Cheung) are a pair of brothers and sisters who grew up together. One of them is acting as a student and the other is acting as an actress. Famous in the capital, for this reason, the two agreed to co-star in "Farewell My Concubine" for a lifetime. However, the two have fundamentally different understandings of the relationship between drama and life. Duan Xiaolou knows that drama is not life, while Cheng Dieyi is about people and dramas.
Duan Xiaolou married the famous prostitute Juxian (Gong Li) when he thought it was time to start a family and start a business, which caused Cheng Dieyi to think that Juxian was a shameful third party and made Duan Xiaolou a traitor. Farewell My Concubine" began to escalate with the changes of the times, and eventually led to a tragedy.


Two people who stick to love and faith, one saved his innocence with death, the other returned to his original self with death, and only the "overlord" who used to dominate the world is standing there. A man is in the center of the stage. So lonely.

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Farewell My Concubine quotes

  • Master Yuan: A smile ushers in the spring.

    Master Yuan: A tear does darken all the world.

    Master Yuan: How truly does this befit you. To you... only you are possessed of such charm.