Farewell My Concubine - Region 2 DVD
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The panorama of 20th-century Chinese history swirls past two men, celebrated actors with their own decidedly specialized view of things. We first observe their lives as children at the Peking Opera training school, a brutal and demanding arena for future actors. While still in training, the effeminate Douzi is chosen to play the transvestite role and the masculine Shitou is chosen to play the royal role in a ritualized play about a king and a concubine. The actors are so good at this performance that they become identified with these roles for their entire careers; through World War II, through th
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Manufacturer: Miramax
Release date: 14 December 1999
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 9780788816109 UPC: 717951002723
Release date: 14 December 1999
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 9780788816109 UPC: 717951002723
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