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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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- 26 wins & 19 nominations
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- TriviaMei 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
- SoundtracksNi Dong Wo De Ai
Performed by Ziyi Zhang, Leon Lai
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If you don't know anything about China and mei lanfang, I am sure that this movie is a little too hard to understand. After all, not every Chinese likes the Beijing opera. Just like many westerns are fascinated by the European royal families, many Asians don't really care about them at all. So it is the cultural thing.
Over all, this is a good movie, but it is a little too long. Of course, it is hard to tell a life story of a person for such a short time.
Shi Sanyan is really amazing. I felt as if he was indeed born in that time. It is also probably because I have never seen him on the screen before, so his performance was very fresh and authentic. Most of the supporting roles are very well performed. My mother thinks that the younger version of mei lanfang was better than the older version. The older version looks too stiff. I sort of agree with her.
I am writing this comment because there are only nine comments before me. After all, this is a good movie, it deserves for more comments.
Over all, this is a good movie, but it is a little too long. Of course, it is hard to tell a life story of a person for such a short time.
Shi Sanyan is really amazing. I felt as if he was indeed born in that time. It is also probably because I have never seen him on the screen before, so his performance was very fresh and authentic. Most of the supporting roles are very well performed. My mother thinks that the younger version of mei lanfang was better than the older version. The older version looks too stiff. I sort of agree with her.
I am writing this comment because there are only nine comments before me. After all, this is a good movie, it deserves for more comments.
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- Oct 13, 2009
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- Also known as
- Мей Ланьфан
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- Budget
- $15,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $17,773,395
- Runtime2 hours 30 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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