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Shadow Magic (2000)
Directed by Ann Hu
Drama, History · 1h 56m
Beijing, 1902: an enterprising young portrait photographer named Liu Jinglun, keen on new technology, befriends a newly-arrived Englishman who's brought projector, camera, and Lumière-brothers' shorts to open the Shadow Magic theater. Liu's work with Wallace brings him conflict with tradition and his father's authority, complicated by his falling in love with Ling, daughter of Lord Tan, star of Beijing's traditional opera. Liu sees movies as his chance to become wealthy and worthy of Ling. When the Shadow Magic pair are invited to show the films to the Empress Dowager, things look good. But, is disaster in the script? And, can movies preserve tradition even as they bring change?
Cast
Jared Harris
Xia Yu
Liu Peiqi
Lü Liping
Yufei Xing
Jingming Wang
Li Yusheng
Chen Chuang
Fang Qingzhuo
Li Bin
Crew
- Director
- Ann Hu
- Writer
- Ann Hu, Yixiong Chen, Dan Huang, Huaizhuo Liu, Bob McAndrew, Kate Raisz, Louyi Tang, Shiqiang Zuo
- Director of Photography
- Nancy Schreiber
- Original Music Composer
- Lida Zhang
Details
- Original title
- 西洋镜
- Release date
- 2000-09-08
- Runtime
- 1h 56m
- Genres
- Drama, History
- Original language
- ZH
- Spoken languages
- Mandarin, English
- Countries
- China, Germany, Taiwan, United States of America
- Production
- C&A Productions, Beijing Film Studio, China Film Co-Production, Central Motion Picture Corporation, Post Production Playground, Schulberg Productions, Road Movies Vierte Produktionen