Abstract
The aim of the proposed research is to analyse the films Farewell, My Concubine (Bawang Bie Ji, Chen Kaige, 1993), of Eastern origin, and M. Butterfly (David Cronenberg, 1993), of Western origin, with an emphasis on the NánDàn characters. These films, both from 1993, are similar in that they portray the personal dramas of male characters playing female characters in Peking Opera shows (ca…