Farewell My Concubine
Summary: Two boys meet at an opera training school in Peking in 1924. Their resulting friendship will span nearly 70 years and endure some of the most troublesome times in China's history.
Runtime: 2 h 51 min
MPAA: R
Movie budget: $ 4,000,000
Domestic: $ 5,258,576
International: $ 890,291
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