Mei Lanfang

2008
2h 30m

IMDb RATING

6.7/10

1.6K

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Since his Farewell Concubine (1993 Palme d'Or winner), Director Chen Kaige
once again presents the audiences with an enchanting film which tells the
love, passion and loneliness of the legendary Peking opera singer, Mei
Lanfang.

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Biography Drama History

A biographical account of Mei Lanfang, China's greatest opera star.A biographical account of Mei Lanfang, China's greatest opera star.A biographical account of Mei Lanfang, China's greatest opera star.

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IMDb RATING

6.7/10

1.6K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 26 wins & 19 nominations total

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Trivia
Mei was the first artist to spread Beijing Opera to foreign countries, participating in cultural exchanges with Japan, the United States, and other regions. He toured the world, forming friendships with the western contemporaries of his day, including Charlie Chaplin. In 1930 he toured North America, visiting Hollywood, where he was welcomed by Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford. In 1935, Mei toured Europe, playing to appreciative audiences in Berlin and Moscow. Seeing Mei perform especially impressed the German playwright Bertold Brecht and influenced his concept of the alienation effect. He served as one of the mentors and guardians of the actress Li Yuru as she began her career

Soundtracks
Ni Dong Wo De Ai
Performed by Ziyi Zhang, Leon Lai

User reviews13

Featured review

4/10

That was it?

I went in not expecting much as my Chinese isn't perfect yet and I knew it was going to be a chore trying to keep up with the words but I found it wasn't too bad to understand. In the end though I just didn't really see it as that good of a film, the script was mediocre and the acting was at times overly dramatic, even for Chinese films. I thought it was just me at first as the girl next to me was crying during the film but my friend who was also watching turned to me and said "That was terrible..." and she is Chinese so i think it really was just not very good. My Chinese is coming along and I've started to really enjoy watching Chinese movies in Chinese if only for the interest of testing my language skills but this was just not worth it. I would have preferred to go see one of the others I've already seen than to sit through this one.