If you loved Yellow Earth, try Farewell My Concubine
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Both films are directed by Chen Kaige, and they both carry the tender mood tag, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Yellow Earth, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What Farewell My Concubine is
Romeo and Juliet if Romeo and Juliet were lifelong same-troupe opera partners in China. Their bond faces challenges from personal demons and the shifting tides of revolution. A sprawling story, told on an intimate scale.

