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All All. Sign In. Jump to Summaries 4 Synopsis 1 Edit. During the Cultural Revolution in China in the mids, a French diplomat falls in love with a singer in the Beijing Opera. Interwoven with allusions to the Puccini opera "Madama Butterfly", a story of love and betrayal unfolds.

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He falls in love with her and Song becomes his mistress. Being a stickler for doing things by the books, at least as it comes to his own responsibilities, places him at odds with some of his colleagues, but leads to him being promoted to Vice-Consul, especially important during this uncertain geopolitical time with the French having lost the war in Indochina and another war possibly breaking out in Vietnam.

Prior to his promotion, he, already married, begins an illicit affair with Song Liling, a starring member of the Beijing Opera. Aspects of their relationship will ultimately lead to his downfall, those aspects which he either does not initially see or refuses to see in only wanting to see that ideal he has in his mind. Beijing, Red China, Mild-mannered Rene Gallimard, an accountant at the French embassy, watches captivated as Opera diva Song Liling sings a selection from 'Madame Butterfly'.

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Afterwards, he tells his wife Jeanne that Song Liling has opened his eyes to the beauty in the tragic tale, but Jeanne pours scorn on his romanticized western ideal of the submissive oriental woman. He tells Jeanne that the Chinese can't stand Madame Butterfly because "the white man gets the girl. Although he and Song only talk, he lies to his wife about his whereabouts.

Song next entertains him in her parlor, a potentially scandalous action in a country "rooted 2, years in the past". When Rene kisses Song, she looks offended and asks him to leave.