Farewell My Concubine premiered on January 1, 1993, in Hong Kong, and won the Palme d'Or at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival, becoming the first Chinese-language film to achieve the honour. It further won accolades including a Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film and a BAFTA for Best Film Not in the English Language, and received two nominations at the 66th Academy Awards for Best Cinematography and Best Foreign Language Film.

The film was initially removed from theatres and banned in Mainland China—for less than two months—because of its depiction of homosexuality and suicide. Farewell My Concubine is considered one of the landmark films of the Fifth Generation movement that brought Chinese film directors to world attention.In 2005, the film was selected as one of the "100 Best Films in Global History" by the US "Time".

Farewell My Concubine is directed by Chen Kaige, starring Leslie Cheung, Gong Li, and Zhang Fengyi. An adaptation of the novel by Lilian Lee, the film is set in a politically tumultuous China during the 20th century, from the early days of the Republic of China to the aftermath of the Cultural Revolution（文化大革命）

The movie is about confusion of identity and blurred lines between real life and the stage, portrayed by the revered opera actor Dieyi, whose unrequited love for Xiaolou persists through the movie.

《霸王别姬》（英语：Farewell My Concubine）改编自李碧华同名小说，由陈凯歌执导，张国荣、巩俐、张丰毅主演的电影。叙述伶人程蝶衣对国粹艺术的执著，进而投影出历史与文化在大时代的演变下，造成的激荡与人生。影片蕴含深厚的文化内涵，气势恢宏，感情强烈，情节细腻深远。

本片获得第46届法国戛纳国际电影节金棕榈奖，成为第一部也是迄今唯一获得此奖项的华语电影。亦被视为有史以来最伟大的华文电影之一。此外，该片还荣获美国金球奖最佳外语片，以及第66届奥斯卡最佳外语片奖提名，并于2015年被美国《时代》周刊评为“百大不朽电影”之一。2006年，《首映》杂志将巩俐饰演的“菊仙”列为“有史以来最伟大表演100位”第89名。

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