Loyalty and Betrayal in a Political Context
Two recent Chinese films, Chen Kaige’s Farewell My Concubine (1993) and Zhang Yimon’s Hero (2002), have gained worldwide attention, garnering numerous awards in the process. Although set in very different periods of Chinese history, both films deal with the themes of loyalty and betrayal played out against a vigorously political backdrop. This political philosophy even weaves through out the stories, marking a radical change from […]