Chinese Film Festival: Farewell My Concubine
(Ba wang bie ji)
7:00 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2007
Cornell Auditorium in Plaster Hall
Admission: free

Directed by Chen Kaige (1993), this is a drama of epic sweep, with a trio of main characters who share a complex bond: two Chinese opera stars, who have become famous for playing a king and his concubine in the title opera; and a feisty yet vulnerable prostitute, whom one of them marries.