Chinese director Chen Kaige is seeking artistic redemption with a return to Peking Opera _ the subject matter that has won him the greatest international acclaim _ after a poor reception to his fantasy epic three years ago.
Chen's profile of Peking Opera star Mei Lanfang, "Forever Enthralled," which hits Chinese theaters Friday, is his first movie since his much-criticized $35 million production "The Promise" in 2005.
Chen, who launched his career in the late 1980s with grim movies set in rural China, has also seen his fame eclipsed in recent years by contemporary Zhang Yimou, who worked as his cinematographer on his first two films but …
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