Movie Overview: Farewell my concubine
The movie “Farewell My Concubine” is a film based on two parallel, intertwined stories. The story is about two performers in Beijing opera. The two boys Douzi and Shitou are stage friends who meet at opera training school in Peking. They formed a collaboration that made them famous and to class performers in china. Douzi, a son to prostitute, Yanhong, was left in Chinese opera since she lacked an alternative for her son.
In the school, the master Guan has enacted iron fist rule, which makes Shitou pity Douzi much though Douzi loves and need to understand the technique. The boys are subjected to the rigorous training that makes them heavily beaten and tortured for always forgetting courses taught. This makes them critically think of suicide as the only option that remains in their lives.
However, the two boys are determined in training, as the bonds between them increased. They became more talented and started to perform together on stage, impressing the audience with fantastic iron fist moves. Besides, Douzi has a high expectation of doing more out of their friendship, but shitou is not in agreement. Juxian manipulates Shitou to rescue her from prostitute house of blossom and later on is convinced to marry her. The action worsens the relationship of friendship between Douzi and Shitou. Regardless of the political situation across china, the two boys remain friends, but the company was not that strong as before due to different interests.
The movie is exciting and tries to explain the friendship journey of the two boys, how they encouraged each other until their success. I will recommend people to watch this movie because it educates a lot.