中国女性史诗小说《喜福会》的作者谭恩美(Amy Tan)在近期出版的回忆录中提到了她的祖母,一位死于可能是故意吸食鸦片过量的“concubine”。这个词通常被翻译为“妾”。在韦氏词典里,它的含义是: 一个与一名男性同居,但非对方妻子的女人:比如 a:一个 ...
A new remake of Peking Opera classic Farewell My Concubine is expected to premiere for opera lovers in Beijing in late May. A representative opera piece of the late Chinese theater mogul Mei Lanfang, ...
LOS ANGELES -- The first Chinese film using native 3D technology to capture the art of Beijing opera, "Farewell My Concubine: The Beijing Opera," debuted in the Dolby Theater in Hollywood on May 30.
Exclusive: Film Movement Classics will bring a 4K uncut restoration of Chen Kaige's provocative 1993 Palme d'Or winner to North American theaters this September. Watch the trailer here. At last, ...
To celebrate the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival, which will fall on Tuesday in 2024, the National ­Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) will present a series of exciting performances, including the ...
Tell Me More: Farewell My Concubine is a 1993 Chinese film based on a book by the same name. Spanning about 40 years, the film centers around two men, Dieyi and Xialou, who meet in the early 1930s, ...
There was a lot of hype before the film began with people talking about how erotic the film was. Do you think this helped ticket sales? I didn’t think that kind of buzz was ideal, but in a way I ...
A well-crafted Joseon Dynasty palace saga in which a royal consort is thrown into a merciless game of thrones, "The Concubine" seduces by way of a slow but ultimately gratifying plot reversal. A ...