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- Buddha Mountain. by Li, Yu,film director.; Fan, Bingbing,actor.; Bo-lin, Chen,actor.; Chang, Sylvia,actor.; Cheng Cheng Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Bingbing Fan, Chen Bo-lin, Sylvia ChangOriginally produced by Cheng Cheng Films in 2010.Director's CutThree youngsters lost in the countryside wait at a railway station called “Buddha Mountain” for a train without knowing if any will ever come. Alienated by society and their families, they move together into the home of a retired Peking opera performer. The carefree tenants and rigid landlady expose not only their conflicting lifestyles but also everyone’s painful past. This reunion of China’s prominent female filmmaker Li Yu and the iconic star Fan Bingbing after 'Lost in Beijing' is graced by Taiwan’s cinematic treasure Sylvia Chang. With an exuberant and haunting story, she inquires how individuals reconstruct their inner selves facing impermanence in all forms.Mode of access: World Wide Web.- Subjects: Feature films.; Foreign films.; Motion pictures.; Drama.; Romance.;
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- Farewell My Concubine. by Kaige, Chen,film director.; You, Ge,actor.; Li, Gong,actor.; Cheung, Leslie,actor.; Fengyi, Zhang,actor.; Film Movement (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Ge You, Gong Li, Leslie Cheung, Zhang FengyiOriginally produced by Film Movement in 1992.Cheng Dieyi (Leslie Cheung) and Duan Xiaolou (Zhang Fengyi) grow up enduring the harsh training of the Peking Opera Academy, where instructors regularly beat the students to instill in them the discipline needed to master the complex physical and vocal techniques of this ancient art. As the two boys mature, they develop complementary talents: Dieyi, with his fine, delicate features, assumes the female roles while Xiaolou plays masculine warlords. Their dramatic identities become real for Dieyi when he falls in love with Xiaolou, who fails to fully reciprocate his affections and marries a courtesan, Juxian (Gong Li), creating a dangerous, jealousy-filled romantic triangle.Mode of access: World Wide Web.- Subjects: Feature films.; Foreign films.; Motion pictures.; Drama.; Romance.; Queer cinema.; Historical drama.;
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