Zhou Yu, a ceramic decorative artist, travels twice a week from her hometown of San Ming to Chongyang Read More »
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The Story of Qiu Ju AKA Qiu Ju da guan si (1992) Yimou Zhang, Li Gong, Peiqi Liu, Liuchun Yang
A pregnant peasant woman seeks redress from the Chinese bureaucracy after the village Read More »
Temptress Moon (1996) Kaige Chen, Leslie Cheung, Li Gong, Kevin Lin
Not far from Shanghai, in a country twon stands the palatial home of the Pang family. Read More »
Farewell My Concubine (1993) Kaige Chen, Leslie Cheung, Fengyi Zhang, Li Gong, Drama, Romance, Music
In 1924, young Cheng Dieyi (Leslie Cheung) begins training at the Beijing Opera House at the same time as Duan Xiaolou (Fengyi Zhang). Cheng specializes in playing female parts, often against Duan’s commanding male leads. While pretending to be in love with Duan onstage, Cheng begins to develop actual romantic feelings for his co-star, which are not reciprocated. Over the next 50 years, the two men maintain a complicated friendship as China undergoes turbulent changes.
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