About the film:
In the 1940s, Xu Fugui is a rich man's son and compulsive gambler, who loses his family property to a man named Long'er. His behaviour also causes his long-suffering wife Jiazhen to leave him, along with their daughter, Fengxia and their unborn son, Youqing.
About the film:
Based on the memoirs of Li Tian-lu, Taiwan's most celebrated puppeteer, this story covers the years from Li's birth in 1909 to the end of Japan's fifty-year occupation of Taiwan in 1945. This film is the second in Hou's trilogy of historical films that include A City of Sadness (1989) and Good Men, Good Women (1995).
About the film:
"Farewell My Concubine" spans 53 years, presenting the lives of two men against the historical backdrop of a country in upheaval.
