

Center Stage
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.
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- Released
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- Language
- English
- biography
- historical drama
- 1930s
- chinese documentary
- romantic drama
- ambiguous
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United StatesUS
- Theatrical (limited)NRChicago International Film Festival9 Oct 1992
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalPG5 Mar 1993
- PremiereMelbourne International Film Festival14 Aug 2021
Hong KongHK
- TheatricalI20 Feb 1992
JapanJP
- Theatrical19 Aug 1993
TaiwanTW
- Theatrical29 Nov 1991
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Center Stage was released on 29 November 1991.
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CinemaSerf
5/8/2026
Though I didn't love the slightly confused style of this biopic, it's certainly a gloriously photographed story of the life of Ruan Lingyu (Maggie Cheung) as she embarked on the production of her final film "New Woman". She was an acclaimed silent film star in 1930s China who lived her life to the full, shall we say, and ultimately fell foul of a political class that was being more than subtly influenced by the aspir…
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