Farewell My Concubine
1993 · 171 min · Director: Kaige Chen, Chen Kaige
Show plot summary (may contain spoilers)
"Farewell, My Concubine" is a movie with two parallel, intertwined stories. It is the story of two performers in the Beijing Opera, stage brothers, and the woman who comes between them. At the same time, it attempts to do no less than squeeze the entire political history of China in the twentieth century into a three-hour time-frame.
Emotional fingerprint
Farewell My Concubine (1993) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Sadness 35%, Empathy 25%, Melancholy 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
- Sadness35%
- Empathy25%
- Melancholy20%
- Love10%
- Awe10%
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Why it feels this way
The strongest emotional signals are Sadness, Empathy, Melancholy. Genres: Drama, Romance, Music. AI estimate.
Is it worth watching?
Consider this title if you are looking for Sadness, Empathy and Melancholy. Its IMDb rating of 8.1/10 suggests a strong audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 75/100.
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Emotional journey
- Sadness
- Tension
- Empathy
Not enough subtitle evidence
No dominant emotion
Dominant emotion: Empathy
Dominant emotion: Disturbing
Dominant emotion: Sadness
Dominant emotion: Tension
Dominant emotion
| % | Approximate minute | Dominant emotion | Overall intensity | Sadness | Tension | Empathy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 % | ≈ 4′ | Empathy | 45 % | 27 % | 38 % | 40 % |
| 7.5 % | ≈ 13′ | Empathy | 53 % | 30 % | 44 % | 48 % |
| 12.5 % | ≈ 21′ | Empathy | 65 % | 40 % | 56 % | 60 % |
| 17.5 % | ≈ 30′ | Disturbing | 70 % | 49 % | 64 % | 64 % |
| 22.5 % | ≈ 38′ | Sadness | 58 % | 40 % | 53 % | 45 % |
| 27.5 % | ≈ 47′ | Tension | 49 % | 24 % | 44 % | 28 % |
| 32.5 % | ≈ 56′ | Tension | 53 % | 21 % | 46 % | 33 % |
| 37.5 % | ≈ 64′ | Empathy | 54 % | 31 % | 45 % | 41 % |
| 42.5 % | ≈ 73′ | Sadness | 50 % | 35 % | 41 % | 36 % |
| 47.5 % | ≈ 81′ | Tension | 48 % | 30 % | 40 % | 30 % |
| 52.5 % | ≈ 90′ | Tension | 56 % | 40 % | 48 % | 44 % |
| 57.5 % | ≈ 98′ | Sadness | 70 % | 57 % | 61 % | 63 % |
| 62.5 % | ≈ 107′ | Tension | 68 % | 48 % | 61 % | 54 % |
| 67.5 % | ≈ 115′ | Tension | 60 % | 31 % | 55 % | 41 % |
| 72.5 % | ≈ 124′ | Tension | 60 % | 35 % | 55 % | 45 % |
| 77.5 % | ≈ 133′ | Tension | 60 % | 39 % | 55 % | 45 % |
| 82.5 % | ≈ 141′ | Tension | 70 % | 46 % | 66 % | 53 % |
| 87.5 % | ≈ 150′ | Tension | 85 % | 66 % | 79 % | 70 % |
| 92.5 % | ≈ 158′ | Sadness | 90 % | 80 % | 77 % | 78 % |
| 97.5 % | ≈ 167′ | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence |
Icarus
Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.
Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.
Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.
Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.
Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.
Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.
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Cast
Master Guan
Xiao Si
Zhang the Eunuch
Teenage Douzi
Young Douzi
Teenage Shitou
Young Shitou
Young Xiao Laizi
Old Master
Douzi's Mother
Aoki Saburo
Teenage Xiao Si
Red Guard
Cai Feng
Little Hooligan
Details
- Directed by
- Kaige Chen, Chen Kaige
- Written by
- Pik-Wah Lee, Wei Lu, Lilian Lee Bik-Wah, Lu Wei
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 1993
- Runtime
- 171 min
- Country
- China, Hong Kong
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Sadness
- Data updated
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