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Banquet, The

(131 min)

2006 - Drama, Wuxia - China

907 AD, China. The Tang Dynasty has crumbled, it is a time of treachery, power struggles, insugency and rebellion, a period known as 'the five dynasties and the ten kingdoms'. In what remains of the imperial family, Prince Wu Luan (Daniel Wu) has fallen in love with the maiden Little Wan (Zhang Ziyi), but the Emperor chooses to take Little Wan as his wife. Heart-broken, the young prince flees to the southern provinces, seeking refuge in the study of acting, music and dance. Our story begins three years later. The Emperor's brother Li (Ge You) has poisoned the Emperor, seizing the throne and, the now, Empress Wan. Empress Wan sends a messenger to Wu Luan, informing him of his father's murder and urging his return, unaware that the new Emperor Li has also dispatched assassins to snuff out the threat posed by the Prince's return. Evading this threat, the Prince returns to the imperial palace, his heart set on avenging his father...

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Director : Feng Xiaogang

Cast : Zhang Ziyi, Ge You, Daniel Wu, Zhou Xun

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Farewell My Concubine

(171 min)

1993 - Drama, Romance - China

‘Farewell my Concubine’ is based on a novel of the same name by Lilian Lee. Duan Xiao-lou and Cheng Die-yi are the fellow apprentices of a Peking Opera troupe. They grew up together. And they become the opera stars by performing their famous renditions of the opera ‘Ba Wang Bie Ji’ (Farewell My Concubine), with Xiao-lou in the role of the King and Die-yi playing the Concubine. They believed they would perform this opera together for the rest of their lives. During the War of Resistance against Japan, Xiao-lou marries Ju-xian, a local prostitute. This makes Die-yi feel very lonely because he has always felt that his soul is attached to Xiao-lou, so he decides not to perform in the opera with him any more. Long after, the political liberation comes; Die-yi and Xiao-lou decide to perform together on the stage again. However, the Great Cultural Revolution soon begins and they both fall into a state of terrible havoc. The revolution broke their performance again. After some hard days, th

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Director : Chen Kai-ge

Cast : Leslie Cheung, Zhang Feng-yi, Gong Li, Ying Da, Ge You

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