The domestic classic movie "Farewell My Concubine" will be adapted into a musical by the United States! Composer Jason Robert Brown exposed the details of the casting. Currently, four main roles have been identified, including Cheng Dieyi, Duan Xiaolou, Juxian, and Master Guan. The casting is currently being cast for Asian-Pacific actors or singers. And put forward the audition requirements, must have a strong singing skills, range, field strength and control. Jason Robert Brown also said that he and "Star Trek: Discovery" screenwriter Kenneth Lin co-wrote the script.
"Farewell My Concubine" is adapted from Li Bihua's novel of the same name, directed by Chen Kaige, and released in 1993.
The film mainly tells that Duan Xiaolou (Zhang Fengyi) and Cheng Dieyi (Leslie Cheung) are a pair of brothers who grew up together when they were young. The two played a role and the other played a role. They have always been in perfect harmony, especially "Farewell My Concubine" was even more famous in the capital. For this reason, the two agreed to play "Farewell My Concubine" for a lifetime.
However, the two have a fundamentally different understanding of the relationship between drama and life. Duan Xiaolou knows that drama is not life, while Cheng Dieyi is a human drama. Duan Xiaolou married the famous prostitute Juxian (Gong Li) when he thought that he should get married and set up a business. Cheng Dieyi found that Juxian was a shameful third party and made Duan Xiaolou a traitor. "Farewell My Concubine" gave birth to the battle of love, hatred and hatred that began to escalate with the changes of the times, and eventually led to tragedy.
"Farewell My Concubine" is one of the best domestic films and has won many international awards. It is also Chen Kaige's pinnacle work, so someone always joked that "Chen Kaige can rely on it to eat for two lifetimes." "Farewell My Concubine" has a score of 9.6 on Douban, with 1.61 million people participating in the score, a classic in everyone's hearts.
"Farewell My Concubine" was adapted into a musical this time, and many people expressed concern that most of the time European and American screenwriters always thought that they understood Eastern culture very well, and what they presented was always nondescript!
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