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Center Stage
Directed by
Stanley Kwan Kam-Pang
Not Rated
1991
2h 35m
Drama
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Romance
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7.4
100%
86%
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Biopic of 1930s Chinese actress Lingyu Ruan.
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Cast of Center Stage
Lawrence Ng Kai-Wah
Chang Ta-Min
Maggie Cheung
Ruan Ling Yu / Self
Carina Lau
Lily Li / Self
Tony Leung Ka-fai
Tsai Chu-sheng / Self
Chen Yan-yan
Self
Zi Xiong Li
Li Min-Wei
Cecilia Yip Tung
Lin Chu-Chu
Kelvin Wong Siu
Nier Erh
Maryanna Yip
Ms. Liu
Ta-Nan Huang
Self
Li Lili
Self
Stanley Kwan Kam-Pang
Self / Director
Ronald Chin Han
Tang Chi-Shan
Paul Chang Chung
Lien Hua Studio executive
Hsiao Hsiang
Cheng Xiaohua
Xiao Rongsheng
Shen Ye
Suen Tung-Kwong
Sun Yu
Zheng Da-Li
Dai Tian
Wang Qi-Er
Sam Yue
Tang Wei-Qian
Xue Guoping
Han Jun
Shi Yi-Qiang
Jin Ren-Pei
Zhou Jie
Ni Yi-Hua
Fu Hengzhi
Yao Mao-Zong
Claude Monges
Carrie Lanese
Cheng Hong
Xiaomin Zhang
Hu Ronghua
Huang Daliang
Yumiko Cheng
Chiu Kang-Chien
Writer
Tsui Siu-Ming
Producer
Willie Chan Chi-Keung
Producer
Jackie Chan
Producer
Center Stage Ratings & Reviews
Video Librarian Magazine
Kathy Fennessy
If Center Stage represents the more difficult proposition, it confirms [Maggie Cheung's] status as one of Hong Kong's brightest and most beautiful stars.
Film Frenzy
Matt Brunson
Always interesting if not always involving.
Reeling Reviews
Robin Clifford
I am shocked that no resourceful docu-maker has taken on Ruan Lingyun as a subject I now want to know more about.
Reeling Reviews
Laura Clifford
...Kwan's bold approach is something like analyzing a film in real time, his intertwining of feature scenes, interviews with actors and filmmakers...plus clips from what remains of her work enriching the experience.
The New Yorker
Richard Brody
The self-aware drama moves at the hypnotic pace of an elusive dream-above all, in spectacularly staged musical scenes, set in a night club, merging sinuous and languid dances with high-stakes emotional battles.
Film Inquiry
Lee Jutton
One hopes that this new restoration of Center Stage reignites interest not just in the film, which is an absolute masterpiece in its own right, but in the life and career of Ruan Lingyu.
RogerEbert.com
Sheila O'Malley
A biopic like no other.
4Columns
Andrew Chan
Few biopics have so eloquently interrogated the very foundations of the genre: our desire for intimacy with the stars and our sense of being entitled to knowledge of their personal lives.
EmanuelLevy.Com
Emanuel Levy
The luminous Maggie Cheung, who deservedly won the Berlin Festival Acting Award, offers a sensitive portrait of the popular actress Ruan Ling-Yu (she was compared to Garbo), who committed suicide over a scandal in her personal life.
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
An overwhemingly moving tribute to the popular Hong Kong actress Ruan Ling-yu of the 1930s...
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