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In the film One Night With the King (2006), Hadassah's (Esther's) would-be boyfriend, Jesse, is captured by the Persian empire and castrated. The documentary film Kiss the Moon (2010), set in Pakistan, portrays three generations of eunuchs examining the ancient rituals and religious beliefs surrounding their community.
A eunuch (/ ˈ juː n ə k / ⓘ YOO-nək) is a male who has been castrated. [1] Throughout history, castration often served a specific social function. [2] The earliest records for intentional castration to produce eunuchs are from the Sumerian city of Lagash in the 2nd millennium BCE.
The Eunuch (Chinese:鬼太監) is a 1971 Hong Kong wuxia film directed by Teddy Yip, and starring Pai Ying and Lisa Chiao Chiao. Cast. Pai Ying as Lord Kuei Teh Hai;
Eunuchs: India's Third Gender is a 1991 ethnographic film documenting the lives of two castrated men, Kiran and Dinesh, who share their experiences after undergoing castration. The film covers a variety of topics, including gender, abuse of power, sexuality, homophobia, discrimination, and cultural anthropology. [1]
Li Lianying: The Imperial Eunuch, also known as The Last Eunuch (albeit inaccurately), is a 1991 Chinese biographical film directed by Tian Zhuangzhuang. It tells the story of Li Lianying , a eunuch who wielded power in the waning days of the Qing Dynasty .
Lai Shi, China's Last Eunuch, also known as Last Eunuch in China (Chinese: 中國最後一個太監) is a 1988 Hong Kong historical drama film directed by Jacob Cheung in his directorial debut and starring Max Mok in the title role of Liu Lai-shi. The film is based on Ni Kuang's novel about eunuch Sun Yaoting.
In The Independent, Thomas Sutcliffe remarked that the Internet enabled documentary film makers to locate "human compulsion or oddity" much easier as "prospective interviewees are stacked up on the specialist chat-room sites just waiting to receive your email". Sutcliffe also expressed concern for the interviewees over the "prurient curiosity ...
A eunuch is a man who has been castrated. Eunuch or Eunuchs may also refer to: Eunuch, a 1980 Hong Kong TV series; Eunuch, a 1986 South Korean film; The Eunuch, a 1971 Hong Kong film directed by Teddy Yip; Eunuchs, a 2007 British documentary; Eunuchus, a comedy by the 2nd century BCE Roman playwright Terence