http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRjzRQqzPJc Acclaimed Fifth Generation director Chen Kaige brings the tumultuous life of Peking Opera legend Mei Lanfang to the big screen in the highly anticipated biopic Forever Enthralled. The inspiration for Leslie Cheung's character in Chen Kaige's 1993 masterpiece Farewell My Concubine, Mei Lanfang was one of the greatest Peking Opera stars of modern China. An actor who specializes in female roles, he was renowned for his great beauty on stage and performed extensively around the world, famously introducing Peking Opera to Western audiences. Pulling viewers into a riveting world of musical allure and historical tumult in early 20th century China, Forever Enthralled follows Mei Lanfang's amazing, inevitable rise to fame - from his bold challenges against his teacher as a teenager, to his US tour that brought New York to its feet, and finally to his refusal to sing during the Japanese Occupation period. Portrayed in youth by newcomer Yu Shaoqun and in adulthood by Hong Kong star Leon Lai (Three), Mei Lanfang embodies the professional and emotional struggles of a man whose life belonged not to himself, but to the stage. Nominated for Best Film at the 3rd Asian Film Awards, Forever Enthralled is both sweepingly epic and beautifully detailed in its portrayal of Mei's life and love, caught between the call of the stage and the tides of history. Zhang Ziyi, Chen Hong (Together), and Sun Honglei (Blood Brothers) essay the three most important people in Mei Lanfang's life. Zhang Ziyi stars as Mei's greatest love and stage partner Meng Xiaodong, a Peking Opera actress famous for specializing in male roles. Director Chen Kaige's wife in real life, Chen Hong plays Mei's strong-willed wife, while Sun Honglei delivers a brilliant scene-stealing performance as Mei's besotted manager. Acclaimed Japanese actor Ando Masanobu ( Sukiyaki Western Django) also takes a supporting role in Forever Enthralled. Synopsis: In 1938, Mei Langfang's good friend, Qiu Rubai, stood at Mei Lanfang's sickbed. For decades, he got along with Mei as brothers and almost as enemies. Qiu suddenly found out that it took him a lifetime to understand Mei. He told Mei: Now I understand. You wanted to be an ordinary man. Maybe you're always an ordinary man... Mei Lanfang was born in 1894 to a family of Beijing Opera performers. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the social status of opera performers was no better than that of prostitutes. Although Mei Lanfang's grandfather, Mei Qiaoling, was appreciated by the court, he had to perform on stage half-naked because he played the roles of women. After he satisfied the audience, what he got was disdain. Mei Langfang grew up in such a family and, like his grandfather, he also played women roles. Mei Lanfang's uncle told him that there was a punishment in the court which yoked the erred actors with a paper cangue and made them hold level a bow of water with their enclosed and raised hands. Whoever broke the cangue would be clubbed to death. A paper cangue became the symbol of the opera artists. They were subject to the possibilities of being killed by all kinds of "clubs", and Mei Lanfang was one of them. Product Title: Forever Enthralled (DVD) Also known as: Mei Lanfang Cast: Leon Lai Ming, Zhang Ziyi, Sun Hong-Lei, Chen Hong, Wang Xueqi, Yu Shaoqun. Release Date: 2009-03-26 Language: Mandarin Subtitles: English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese Rating: IIA Duration: 146 (mins) Publisher: CN Entertainment Ltd. ENJOY THE MOVIE? SUPPORT BY BUYING A COPY AT YESASIA! CLICK HERE.
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