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Banquet of the Concubine

2012 12 min
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In the year 746, during the Tang Dynasty, a banquet is given in the Imperial City in honour of Emperor Li’s favourite concubine. An unsatisfied craving, suspected infidelity and fevered imagination lead Yang to bitter excess, which not even the luscious lychee can appease.

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Banquet of the Concubine

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In the year 746, during the Tang Dynasty, a banquet is given in the Imperial City in honour of Emperor Li’s favourite concubine. An unsatisfied craving, suspected infidelity and fevered imagination lead Yang to bitter excess, which not even the luscious lychee can appease.

This work contains scenes of nudity and/or sexuality. Viewer discretion is advised.
Psychology and Psychiatry Women All subjects
  • director
    Hefang Wei
  • screenplay
    Hefang Wei
  • adaptation
    Claire Paoletti
  • voice
    Xi Wang
    Bin Yin
    Ye Tian
    Dehui Zhang
    Shuyu Li
    Jie Xiong
    Zaoer Tu
    Yunyun Gu
    Zhuojun Zhao
    Shuxian Pan
    Ka Lun Cheung
    Lei Meng
    Gan Guo
  • original music
    Normand Roger
    Denis Chartrand
    Pierre Yves Drapeau
  • musician
    Liu Fang
    Yang Li
    Denis Chartrand
  • music recording
    Pierre Yves Drapeau
  • sound design
    Normand Roger
    Pierre Yves Drapeau
  • foley
    Lise Wedlock
  • recording
    Geoffrey Mitchell
  • re-recording
    Jean Paul Vialard
  • voice recording
    Loïc Moniotte
  • voice logging
    Marie-Pierre Hauwelles
  • post-synchro voice recording
    Loïc Burkhardt
  • layout
    Hefang Wei
    Marc Robinet
  • backgrounds
    Hefang Wei
    Emilie Mercier
  • animator
    Marc Robinet
    Hefang Wei
    Laurent Repiton
  • assistant animator
    Laurene Braibant
    Emmanuel Corrado
  • intern
    Bernard Bui
    Nicolas Rolland
    Chun-Yi Huang
    Marion Delpech
    Valana Gauthier
    Morgane Fraschina
    Jeanne Boudraa
    Mélanie Robert
    Guillaume Arantes
  • head colourist
    Maryse Tuzy
  • opaquer
    Yasmina Bouachrine
    Myriam Gras
    Carole Guénault
    Frédérique Lecront
    Mylène Seignobos
  • script person
    Flore Poinsard
  • compositing
    Izu Troin
  • editing
    Hervé Guichard
  • online editing
    Denis Gathelier
  • translation
    CNST
  • subtitles
    CNST
  • digital imaging specialist
    Pierre Plouffe
  • technical coordinator
    Patrick Tallaron
    Julie Laperrière
    France Couture
  • production assistant
    Solenne Blanc
    Corinne Destombes
    Patrice Faivre
  • administrator
    Diane Régimbald
  • distribution - marketing
    Dominique Templier
    Jeremy Mourlam
    Jenny Thibault
  • line production
    Francine Langdeau
  • executive producer
    René Chénier
  • producer
    Pascal Le Nôtre
    Emmanuel Bernard
    Julie Roy
  • co-producer
    Nicolas Burlet
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