FAREWELL MY CONCUBINE AT Film Forum

FAREWELL MY CONCUBINE
China, 1993
Directed by Chen Kaige

Starring Leslie Cheung, Zhang Fengyi, Gong Li, Lu Qi, Ying Da, Ge You
Screenplay by Lilian Lee and Lu Wei, based on the novel by Lee
Approx. 170 min. New 4K restoration of the complete uncut version.

“An unhurried journey on the great tide of modern Chinese history, this gorgeous, intoxicating epic is confident enough of its visual and narrative power not to rush the telling. Traces the complex emotional relationship between its three protagonists (Leslie Cheung, Fengyi Zhang, and Gong Li), shaped and reshaped in response to political events and their hearts' demands. But here, CONCUBINE throws in something of a twist. Rather than the usual romantic triangle, it has a man and a woman passionately in love with the same man... CONCUBINE not only covers a lot of territory, its sense of visual pageantry brings all of it vividly to life.” – Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times