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?
00:11:28 Come over here. Sleep with me!
00:17:37 I am by nature a boy...
00:24:32 How many beatings?
00:32:23 With your patronage, the children will have new clothes to wear.
00:38:40 The sweat stings the scratchs
00:46:23 Even master Yuan is here to see you. It's a great honor for us.
00:53:05 I've another drinking engagement... with a courtesan.
00:59:29 Gentlemen, on this
01:06:14 The house of Blossoms won't keep an engaged woman.
01:11:51 only the bodhisattva embodies both male and female essences.
01:20:36 Understand me, low life?
01:30:50 No more opera.
01:35:53 Knock it off!
01:42:51 Xiao Si, go tell the manager to avoid trouble.
01:50:10 how many steps should he take?
01:55:44 Cheng performed highlights
02:01:31 The usual address.
02:08:15 Satisfy the People's anger!
02:14:12 Xiaolou!
02:20:42 Who has plunged our people into an abyss of misery
02:31:39 No! Certainly not!
02:37:19 he sang for the Japanese.
02:42:04 Nothing at all.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,323
Dialogue density7.7 lines / min
First line00:00:54
Final line02:42:04

Production Record

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