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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

Centre Stage (1992 film) movie poster

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)

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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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Centre Stage (1992 film) movie scenes

Maggie Cheung won Best Actress award at Berlin International Film Festival in 1992 for her delicate portraiture of silent film star Ruan Lingyu.

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Shanghai dance hall in centre stage ruan lingyu film by stanley kwan flv


Plot

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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.

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Nicknamed the "Chinese Garbo," Ruan Lingyu began her acting career when she was 16 years old and committed suicide at age 24.

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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

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  • Golden Horse Awards, 1991
  • Best Leading Actress - Maggie Cheung
  • Best Cinematography - Poon Hang Sang
  • Best Feature Film (nominated)
  • Best Director - Stanley Kwan (nominated)
  • 42nd Berlin International Film Festival
  • Silver Bear for Best Actress - Maggie Cheung
  • Chicago International Film Festival, 1992
  • Silver Hugo Award for Best Actress - Maggie Cheung
  • 1993 Hong Kong Film Awards
  • Best Actress - Maggie Cheung
  • Best Cinematography - Poon Hang Sang
  • Best Art Direction - Pok Yuk Mok
  • Best Original Film Score - Johnny Chen
  • Best Original Film Song - Johnny Chen

    • Recognition

    Centre Stage (1992 film) Center Stage 1991 MUBI

    Prominent American film critic Jonathan Rosenbaum picked the film as his favorite of the 1990s.

    Cast and roles

  • Maggie Cheung - Ruan Lingyu
  • Ruan Lingyu - Various (in archival footages)
  • Chen Yen-yen - Herself (in interview)
  • Li Lili - Herself (credited as Lily Li)
  • Tony Leung Ka-fai - Cai Chusheng
  • Carina Lau - Li Lili
  • Chin Han - Tang Chi-Shan
  • Paul Chang - Boss of Lianhua Film Company
  • Waise Lee - Li Min-wei
  • Lawrence Ng - Chang Ta-Min
  • Cecilia Yip - Lin Chu-Chu
  • Maryanna Yip
  • Hsiao Hsiang
  • Stanley Kwan

    • References

    Centre Stage (1992 film) Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA

    Centre Stage (1992 film) IMDb Centre Stage (1992 film) themoviedb.org