Farewell My Concubine (30th Anniversary Uncut Restoration) (1992, 2023)

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Synopsis

Dir: Chen Kaige. Mandarin-language Drama. Based on the book by Lilian Lee. Against the backdrop of China's Cultural Revolution, the relationship between two Peking Opera performers (Leslie Cheung, Zhang Fengyi) becomes strained when one of them marries.

Content elements

• Frequent use of the sexual expletive in a non-sexual context; infrequent use of scatological slang, profanity, vulgar expressions, and sexual slurs
• Frequent portrayals of gun, weapons, and hand-to-hand violence, some in a corporal punishment context, once in a suicide context – some blood and brutal detail
• Infrequent buttock nudity in a non-sexual context
• One portrayals of sexual assault involving a minor – no nudity, little detail
• Infrequent portrayals of sexual activity – no nudity, some detail
• Infrequent portrayals of alcohol, tobacco, and illegal drug use in a recreational context – some detail

Thematic elements

• Honesty
• Self-acceptance
• Loyalty

Classification rationale

Rated 14A for violence, coarse language, sexual content, and drug use

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