Center Stage
阮玲玉
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.
- Production
- Golden Way Films Ltd., Paragon Films, Golden Harvest Productions
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Cast
Maggie Cheung
Ruan Lingyu
Tony Leung Ka-fai
Cai Chusheng
Ronald Chin Han
Tang Jishan
Carina Lau
Li Lili
Lawrence Ng Kai-Wah
Zhang Damin
Cecilia Yip Tung
Lin Chuchu
Waise Lee Chi-Hung
Li Minwei
Paul Chang Chung
Luo Mingyou
Maryanna Yip San
Chen Yanyan
Hsiao Hsiang
Ruan Ma
Cheng Xiaohua
Xiao Rongsheng
Xue Guoping
Zhou Jie
Xu Xing
Fu Hengzhi
Jin Xiaoqiang
Cheng Hong
Zhang Xiaomin
Hu Ronghua
Crew
- Director
- Stanley Kwan Kam-Pang
- Writers
- Chiu Kang-Chien,Peggy Chiao
- Cinematography
- Poon Hang-Sang
- Composer
- Siu Chung
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CinemaSerf
May 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 aspiring Kuomintang movement. It didn't help that she was involved in a bit of a love…