Review of Farewell My Concubine (1993) by Cecilie G — 01 Dec 2007

A masterpiece. Li,Fengyi and Leslie are just wonderfull in this epic.

This review of Farewell My Concubine (1993) was written by Cecilie G on 01 Dec 2007.

Farewell My Concubine has generally received very positive reviews.

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