The Peony Pavilion
(2001)
Year: 2001
Runtime: 122 мин
Country: United States of America, France
Director: 陈士争
Cast: Bao Moli, Dai Tongkun, Gao Hong, Hua Meng, Robert Powell
Plot
Narrated excerpts from Chen Shi-Zheng’s acclaimed stage production of Tang Xianzu’s The Peony Pavilion, filmed in Paris after its Lincoln Center presentation. This two-hour document condenses the epic kunqu love story of Du Liniang and Liu Mengmei through opera, dance, acrobatics, puppetry, martial arts and Robert Powell’s narration, preserving the atmosphere of a much longer theatrical event.