Farewell My Concubine

1993 · directed by Chen Kaige

Rating: 88/100
Hit: yes
Prestige lists: Palme d'Or

In an epic tale of theater, gender, love and class, two Beijing opera actors navigate political turmoil as their friendship evolves over decades.

Farewell My Concubine (1993), directed by Chen Kaige, rates 88/100 — a hit. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

Leslie Cheung Kwok-wing
Zhang Fengyi
Gong Li
Lü Qi
Ying Da
Ge You
Lei Han
Tong Di
Yin Zhi
Ma Mingwei

Crew

Gu Changwei — Director of Photography
Pei Xiaonan — Editor
Jonathan Lee — Original Music Composer
Zhao Jiping — Original Music Composer
Lilian Lee Bik-Wah — Screenplay
Lu Wei — Screenplay

More from Chen Kaige

Yellow Earth (1984) — 83/100 · hit
To Each His Own Cinema (2007) — 79/100
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet (2002) — 76/100
The Emperor and the Assassin (1998) — 74/100
Together (2002) — 70/100
Legend of the Demon Cat (2017) — 67/100

How these numbers work: Methodology