Fleeing by Night

Oct 14, 2000

1h 59m

★ 6.1

Overview

Set in China in the 1930s, the film is about the unsettling relationship between three characters, each involved with a performance of the opera Fleeing by Night in a local theatre.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Beijing Film Studio

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Cast

Hsu Shaodong

Huang Lei

Wei Ying Er

René Liu

Huang Zilei

Leon Dai

Lin Chung

Yin Chao-te

Wei's Mother

Gua Ah-leh

Shu Yaoxuan

Zhong Weihua

Ronald Chin Han

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