In an epic tale of theater, gender, love and class, two Beijing opera actors navigate political turmoil as their friendship evolves over decades.

An unschooled young man, one of the countless victims of Mao’s Cultural Revolution, is laboring in the countryside when he is assigned to teach in a nearby school. Gradually, he…

Set during the final phase of the War to Resist U.S. and Aid Korea, the film depicts the tense final battles and simultaneous peace negotiations leading to the armistice, capturing…