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In Chen Kaige's adaptation of the Lilian Lee novel, Cheng Dieyi (Leslie Cheung) and Duan Xiaolou (Fengyi Zhang) grow up enduring the harsh training of the Peking Opera Academy, where instructors regularly beat the children as a means of instilling in them the discipline needed to master the complex physical and vocal technique. As the two boys mature, they develop complementary talents: Dieyi, with his fine, delicate features, assumes the female roles while the burlier Xiaolou plays masculine warlords. Their dramatic identities become real for Dieyi when he falls in love with Xiaolou; the resolutely heterosexual Xiaolou, however, marries a courtesan, Juxian (Gong Li), creating a dangerous, jealousy-filled romantic triangle. (official distributor synopsis)
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Farewell My Concubine
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Label: Varese Sarabande
Year: 1993
Country: USA
Format: CD
Length: 38:22
1. | Farewell My Concubine Suite, Pt. 1 | Jiping Zhao | 11:35 |
2. | Can't Understand | Jiping Zhao | 03:01 |
3. | Farewell My Concubine Suite, Pt. 2 | Jiping Zhao | 09:44 |
4. | Bygone Love | Jiping Zhao | 04:38 |
5. | Farewell My Concubine Suite, Pt. 3 | Jiping Zhao | 09:24 |