Farewell My Concubine

1993 · 171 MIN · IMDB 8.1 · 34,794 VOTES · DIR. Chen Kaige

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Overview

Two boys meet at an opera training school in Peking in 1924. Their resulting friendship will span nearly 70 years and endure some of the most troublesome times in China's history.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,323 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:54 Who are you?
00:11:41 You're really something !
00:17:44 You are by nature a girl !
00:25:38 We're going to get a taste of the sword. But I'm not afraid.
00:32:49 You realize that if the performance doesn't make the grade...
00:39:10 Douzi !
00:48:01 You be the judge. Has he not blurred
00:54:05 Long time no see. MR. Duan. We've missed you.
01:00:31 It'll be exciting.
01:07:37 If you ever abandon me
01:13:16 The soldiers of Han have invaded
01:22:32 What are you saying?
01:32:36 I'll apologize if I were going too far.
01:37:40 You kill one taking two lives!
01:46:23 What for?
01:52:24 Master Yuan asked me to talk to you.
01:57:44 he'd have taken the Beijing opera to Japan.
02:04:31 don't you know us?
02:12:06 Ah, a costume change!
02:17:05 MR. Cheng. . .
02:26:56 Anyway, jade cups were part of the old Society.
02:34:18 Now tell us what we need to know about Cheng Dieyi.
02:40:20 We have come step by step towards this fate.
02:49:05 200 years of Beizing opera.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,323
Dialogue density7.7 lines / min
First line00:00:54
Final line02:49:05

Production Record

DirectorChen Kaige
LanguageChinese
Budget$4,000,000
Revenue$6,400,000
IMDb votes34,794