Farewell My Concubine
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1993 · Drama

Farewell My Concubine

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Masterfully crafted. Un-roastable.

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An absolute cinematic disaster.

In an epic tale of theater, gender, love and class, two Beijing opera actors navigate political turmoil as their friendship evolves over decades.

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1993
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Drama
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In an epic tale of theater, gender, love and class, two Beijing opera actors navigate political turmoil as their friendship evolves over decades.

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@SCREEN_SHADE2025-12-17 19:00 UTC

Farewell My Concubine: proof the studio reads its own marketing too literally.

@LATE_SHOW_LURKER2025-12-24 11:00 UTC

If whispered monologues were currency, Farewell My Concubine would settle the national debt.

@TRAILER_TROLL2025-12-27 13:00 UTC

Farewell My Concubine has the emotional range of a fridge magnet.

@AISLE_GHOUL2025-12-28 21:00 UTC

Farewell My Concubine confuses "subtle" with "the cast forgot to act".

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r/boxoffice · u/FrameByFrameFred🔥 4.8k points

[Serious Discussion] Is anyone else completely checked out by the pacing in Farewell My Concubine?

Rewatched Farewell My Concubine last night and noticed even more plot holes than the first time. The motivations don't track at all once you stop and think about act two.

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r/criticalkino · u/PopcornPhilosopher🔥 2.1k points

[Spoilers] Can we discuss that absolutely baffling ending in Farewell My Concubine?

Just got out of Farewell My Concubine and I'm convinced critics are being paid in residuals. Two genuinely good scenes do not make a film. Convince me otherwise.

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r/movies · u/JumpCutJunkie🔥 4.2k points

The cinematography in Farewell My Concubine is doing all the heavy lifting and it shows

Director clearly thought Farewell My Concubine was deeper than it is. There's a difference between ambiguous and unfinished, and this leans hard into the second.

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