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''Forever Enthralled'' () 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 Ando. 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.〔(Story of Chinese opera star heads up Berlinale Asian lineup ). ''The Earth Times''. 01-28-2009〕 ==Production== ''Forever Enthralled'' was produced on a budget of $15 million (US) by the China Film Group and Taiwan's China Magnetics Corporation Company (CMC Company), which had previously helped fund John Woo's ''Red Cliff'' and Alexi Tan's ''Blood Brothers''. Unlike Chen's previous film, ''The Promise'', Chen is not re-teaming with his usual producers, Etchie Stroh and Moonstone Entertainment.〔 Just prior to the film's release in December 2008, ''Forever Enthralled'' producer, the China Film Group, ran into legal hurdles after it was sued by another production company, Milimeter. Milimeter claimed that it held the copyright to the film based on a contract signed between the two companies in 2004.〔 In an interview with ''Newsweek'', director Chen Kaige stated that in contrast with his previous film about Beijing opera, "''Farewell My Concubine'' is fiction" whereas "''Mei Lanfang'' existed in history."〔(Back for An Encore: Filmmaker Chen Kaige uses opera again to help explain Chinese society ). ''Newsweek''. 01-19-2009〕 In ''Farewell'', Chen had more freedom with the story (based on Lilian Lee's novel), but with the biographical ''Mei Lanfang'', Chen was more careful as the film was made under the blessings of Mei Lanfang's family and Chen consulted with Mei's son about the film's story.〔 Chen revealed that many topics, such as Mei's extramarital affair, were "taboo" to the family, but that Mei's son told Chen to "do whatever you want to do" so long as the film deals with those topics with respect.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Forever Enthralled」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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