Ba wang bie ji (1993)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.9/10   

Director:

Kaige Chen

Escritores:

Lillian Lee (novel)
Lillian Lee (screenplay)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

15 octubre 1993 (USA)

Género:

Drama | Música | Romance

Frase comercial:

The passionate story of two lifelong friends and the woman who comes between them.

Plot:

The story of two men, who met as apprentices in the Peking Opera, and stayed friends for over 50 years.

Plot Keywords:

Opera | Peking | Peking Opera | Prostitution | Drug Addict

Premios:

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 13 wins & 2 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Opening and closing scenes

Reparto

Leslie Cheung	...	Cheng Dieyi (segment "Douzi")
Fengyi Zhang	...	Duan Xiaolou (segment "Shitou")
Li Gong	...	Juxian
Qi Lü	...	Master Guan
Da Ying	...	Manager
You Ge	...	Master Yuan
Chun Li	...	Xiao Si (in his teens)
Han Lei	...	Xiao Si (adult)
Di Tong	...	Zhang the Eunuch
Mingwei Ma	...	Douzi as a Child
Yang Fei	...	Shitou as a Child
Zhi Yin	...	Douzi as a Teenager
Hailong Zhao	...	Shitou as a Teenager
Dan Li	...	Laizi / Peking Opera schoolboy
Wenli Jiang	...	Douzi's Mother

También conocida como:

Ba wong bit gei (Hong Kong: Cantonese title)
Farewell My Concubine (International: English title)
Adiós a mi concubina (Spain) [es]
Adiós mi concubina (Argentina) [es]

MPAA:

Rated R for language and strong depiction of thematic material.

Duración:

171 min

País:

China | Hong Kong

Idioma:

Mandarin

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby

Clasificación:

Brazil:14 | Iceland:12 | South Korea:15 | Argentina:16 | Australia:M | Chile:18 | Finland:K-14 | Germany:12 | Peru:18 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:R | Singapore:PG

Compañía:

Beijing Film Studio

Trivialidades:

The very first film from the People's Republic of China to win the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.

Errores:

Continuidad: In the streets on the eve of the Communist takeover (1948), Dieyi and Xiaolou watch the chaos unfold while seen between them in the background is Master Zhang the Eunuch. The next shot reveals Master Zhang sitting across the street from them.

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in "Gilmore Girls: Women of Questionable Morals (#5.11)" (2005)

Opening and closing scenes

quote by tedg: "Opening scenes are seductions, promises. They transport one to the world of the story and establish who you as viewer can expect to be. Done right, they are an art to themselves. This film's opening is among the best I've seen, establishing the world of performance: politics as theater and love as both. It lets you know the perspective is centered on a stylized stage and concerns loss, sexually ambiguous brotherhood and betrayal. All in a couple minutes."

Well put. Also noteworthy is that at the end of the movie the opening scene is being mirrored (the two actors on stage being lit by a spot light), the film thus coming full circle. Quite ingenious.

What is good about the movie is that we (Westerners that is) learn a lot about recent Chinese history, which cannot be a bad thing considering the direction in which China is heading.

Oh, and Leslie Cheung's - may he rest in peace - performance is simply outstanding. But then, the acting is first rate all round.

This is one hell of a movie.

And, off topic, I have once again realised that the problem with sub-titled films is that one misses so much/too much of the actual acting, making it really necessary to view movies twice. Still, (a lot) better than viewing dubbed films though.