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China picks 'Forever Enthralled' for Oscars


September 26, 2009 The People's Republic of China selected director Chen Kaige's Peking opera biopic "Forever Enthralled" to represent it in the annual run for the best foreign language Academy Award, China's Film Bureau announced Saturday. Chen's ("Farewell My Concubine") biopic of China's most famous Peking opera performer stars Beijing-born pop star Leon Lai in the title role as Mei Lanfang. No Chinese mainland film has ever won the best foreign language award, although Ang Lee's Mandarin-language "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," entered on behalf of Taiwan, won in 2001.

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