Forever Enthralled

Forever Enthralled (Chinese: 梅蘭芳) is a Chinese biographical film directed by Chen Kaige; the film marks Chen's eleventh feature film as a director. Forever Enthralled follows the life of Mei Lanfang, one of China's premiere opera performers. It stars Leon Lai as Mei, Zhang Ziyi, Sun Honglei and Masanobu Andō.

Forever Enthralled
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese梅蘭芳
Simplified Chinese梅兰芳
Literal meaningMei Lanfang
Directed byChen Kaige
Written byChang Chia-lu
Geling Yan
Chen Kuo-fu
Produced byHan Sanping
Du Jiayi
StarringLeon Lai
Zhang Ziyi
Sun Honglei
Masanobu Andō
CinematographyZhao Xiaoshi
Music byZhao Jiping
Distributed byChina Film Group
Release date
  • December 5, 2008 (2008-12-05)
Running time
146 minutes
CountryChina
LanguageMandarin
Budget$15 million

Known during production as Mei Lanfang, the film's English title was changed in November 2008, shortly before its release, to Forever Enthralled.

The film was shown in competition at the 2009 Berlin International Film Festival for the Golden Bear award.

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