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Farewell My Concubine
1993
· Movie
· 171 min
A
MEANRANK
84/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #186
- IMDb #278
- Rotten Tomatoes #406
- Letterboxd #47
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1063
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #277
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- Metacritic Critics #454
- Criticker #283
- Kinopoisk #641
- AlloCiné #1017
- Trakt #138
Every rating
69–98
out of 100
The lives of two boys training at a Peking Opera academy are followed over fifty years of Chinese history. They are bound together by their art, playing opposite each other in a famous opera about a king and his concubine. Their intense personal and professional relationship is tested by political upheavals, romantic rivalries, and the immense cultural changes sweeping through 20th-century China.
Details
- Director
- Chen Kaige
- Writers
- Lilian Lee Bik-Wah, Lu Wei
- Based on
- Farewell My Concubine by Lilian Lee
- Released
- 1 January 1993
- Country
- China, Hong Kong
- Language
- Mandarin
- Runtime
- 171 min
- Budget
- $4.0M
- Box office
- $6.4M
- Awards
- 13 wins, 3 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 16 →3 major awards won · 13 wins from 16 nominations across 12 ceremonies
| Golden Globe Awards 1994 | Best Foreign Language Film | Chen Kaige | Winner |
| Cannes Film Festival 1993 | Palme d'Or | Chen Kaige | Winner |
| Cannes Film Festival 1993 | FIPRESCI Prize | Chen Kaige | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1994 | Best Foreign Language Film | Chen Kaige | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1994 | Best Cinematography | Gu Changwei | Nominee |
| César Awards 1994 | Best Foreign Film | Chen Kaige | Nominee |
| British Academy Film Awards 1994 | Best Film not in the English Language | Hsu Feng, Chen Kaige | Winner |
| London Film Critics' Circle 1994 | Best Foreign Language Film | Chen Kaige | Winner |
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Cannes Film Festival
2 nominations, 2 won
| FIPRESCI Prize | Chen Kaige | Winner |
| Palme d'Or | Chen Kaige | Winner |
Golden Globe Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Language Film | Chen Kaige | Winner |
Academy Awards
2 nominations
| Best Cinematography | Gu Changwei | Nominee |
| Best Foreign Language Film | Chen Kaige | Nominee |
César Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Film | Chen Kaige | Nominee |
National Board of Review
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Foreign Language Film | Chen Kaige | Winner |
| Top Foreign Language Films | Chen Kaige | Winner |
New York Film Critics Circle
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Foreign Language Film | Chen Kaige | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actress | Li Gong | Winner |
Boston Society of Film Critics
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Language Film | Chen Kaige | Winner |
British Academy Film Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Film not in the English Language | Hsu Feng, Chen Kaige | Winner |
Camerimage
1 nomination, 1 won
| Silver Frog | Gu Changwei | Winner |
London Film Critics' Circle
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Language Film | Chen Kaige | Winner |
Los Angeles Film Critics Association
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Language Film | Chen Kaige | Winner |
Mainichi Film Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Language Film | Chen Kaige | Winner |