![]() ![]() Here are five highly important symbols hidden in the masterpiece that you might’ve missed on your first viewing experience (contains heavy spoilers): ![]() These highly dedicated artists worked obsessively to turn an outstanding script into a timeless cinema classic. STRUGGLE SESSION BRICK BY BRICK MOVIE(Read: Yesterday’s Red Guard Has Something to Say to Today’s Taiwan)ĭirected by acclaimed Chinese director Chen Kaige and starring Leslie Cheung, Zhang Fengyi, and Gong Li, the production of this movie is also a tale of talent and obsession. Played out over 50 years, the trio’s ill-fated love story traces the tumultuous modern history of China from the founding of the Republic of China, to the Second Sino-Japanese War, to the conclusion of the Chinese Civil War. But Dieyi, who plays the Concubine, is truly and obsessively in love with his co-star. Xiaolou, who plays the romantic hero Xiang Yu onstage, becomes engaged to popular courtesan Juxian at the upscale House of Blossoms. (Read: Conveying the Human Touch of Taiwan Through TV Dramas) ![]() In the story, young Cheng Dieyi (portrayed by Leslie Cheung) is sold to a Peking opera troupe, where he and fellow actor Duan Xiaolou (portrayed by Zhang Fengyi) rise to stardom with their performance of the classic opera piece “Farewell My Concubine”. “Farewell My Concubine”, based on the book of the same name by Hong Kong novelist Lilian Lee, tells an epic love story spanning half a century, from the 1920s to the aftermath of the Chinese Cultural Revolution. ![]()
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