Centre Stage (1992 film)
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Director Stanley Kwan Music director Huang Jin Chen Duration | 7.8/10 IMDb Genre Biography, Drama, Romance Screenplay Kong-Kin Yau Country Hong Kong | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Language Mandarin
Cantonese
Shanghainese Release date 1992 Writer Peggy Chiao, Kang Chien Chiu Initial release November 29, 1991 (Taiwan) Cast Maggie Cheung (Ruan Ling-yu and Herself), Tony Leung Ka-Fai (Tsai Chu-sheng / Himself), Carina Lau (Lily Li / Herself), Han Chin (Tang Chi-Shan), Chen Yan-Yan (Herself), Waise Lee (Li Min-Wei)Similar movies Jersey Boys , Casino Jack , The Whistleblower , The Straight Story , Os Sonhos de um Sonhador - A História de Frank Aguiar , Confessions of a Dangerous Mind | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ruan lingyu centre stage trailer
Center Stage (Chinese: 阮玲玉; pinyin: ruǎn líng yù; Cantonese Yale: yun5 ling4 yuk6), also known as Centre Stage, Actress and Yuen Ling-yuk, is a 1992 Hong Kong film, directed by Stanley Kwan.
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- Ruan lingyu centre stage trailer
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- Plot
- Awards
- Recognition
- Cast and roles
- References
Maggie Cheung won Best Actress award at Berlin International Film Festival in 1992 for her delicate portraiture of silent film star Ruan Lingyu.
Shanghai dance hall in centre stage ruan lingyu film by stanley kwan flv
Plot
The film is based on a true story: the tragic life of China's first prima donna of the silver screen, Ruan Lingyu. This movie chronicles her rise to fame as a movie actress in Shanghai during the 1930s. Actress Maggie Cheung portrayed Ruan in this movie.
Nicknamed the "Chinese Garbo," Ruan Lingyu began her acting career when she was 16 years old and committed suicide at age 24.
The film alternates between present scenes (production talks between director Kwan, Cheung, and co-star Carina Lau, interviews of witnesses who knew Ruan), re-creation scenes with Cheung (as Ruan, acting inside this movie), and extracts from Ruan's original films including her final two films The Goddess and New Women.
Awards
Recognition
Prominent American film critic Jonathan Rosenbaum picked the film as his favorite of the 1990s.
Cast and roles
References
Centre Stage (1992 film) WikipediaCentre Stage (1992 film) IMDb Centre Stage (1992 film) themoviedb.org