Chinese classic Farewell My Concubine is still a film favorite among audiences 30 years after its premiere. Directed by Chen Kaige and starring Leslie Cheung, Gong Li and Zhang Fengyi, it tells the story of two Peking opera actors' lifelong friendship and social issues in 20th-century China.

Farewell My Concubine is the first Chinese-language film to have won the Palme d'Or at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival. It also won a Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film, and received two nominations at the 66th Academy Awards for Best Cinematography and Best Foreign Language Film.