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Center Stage (1991)

Directed by Stanley Kwan

Overview

Based on the tragic true story of China’s first prima donna of the silver screen, Ruan Lingyu, chronicling her rise to fame as a movie actress in Shanghai during the 1930s. Nicknamed the ‘Chinese Garbo’, Ruan Lingyu began her career at 16 and committed suicide at 24.

Rated NR | Length 146 minutes

Actors

Lawrence Ng | Maggie Cheung | Carina Lau | Tony Leung Ka-Fai | Chen Yan-Yan | Waise Lee | Cecilia Yip | Kelvin Wong | Yip San | Ta-Nan Huang | 黎莉莉 | Stanley Kwan | Chin Han | Paul Chang Chung | Hsiao Hsiang | 程晓桦 | Xiao Rongsheng | Shen Ye | Suen Tung-Kwong | 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 | Hengzhi Fu | Yao Mao-Zong | Claude Monges | Carrie Lanese | Cheng Hong | Xiaomin Zhang | Hu Ronghua | Huang Daliang | Yumiko Cheng