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Shadow Magic
With her directorial debut, a colorful historical drama recounting cinema`s arrival in 1902 Peking, Chinese filmmaker and co-writer, Ann Hu, makes history herself with the first co-production between Mainland Chinese and Taiwanese film studios. Liu, ...
With her directorial debut, a colorful historical drama recounting cinema`s arrival in 1902 Peking, Chinese filmmaker and co-writer, Ann Hu, makes history herself with the first co-production between Mainland Chinese and Taiwanese film studios. Liu, (Xia Yu) the young photographer at Master Ren`s (Liu Peiqi) well-respected photo shop, is fascinated with new technology. Ren, however, thinks Liu`s tinkering is a distraction from duties like photographing the Peking Opera`s biggest star, Lord Tan (Li Yusheng). When an Englishman, Raymond Wallace, (Jared Harris) opens Shadow Magic, a small, dusty theatre touting a new technology of pictures that move, Liu is incredibly curious. After beholding the ethereal images in rapt amazement, the spellbound photographer begs Wallace for a job. The two men join forces, pledging to earn fortunes to impress Wallace`s drifting wife, and Liu`s beloved Ling (Xing Yufei), the pretty, aloof daughter of Lord Tan. Liu`s double life soon leads to conflict, however, when his father, Ren, and Lord Tan view the Western gimmick as a threat to old, Eastern tradition. With elaborate costumes, and lovely locations like The Forbidden City and the Great Wall, Hu`s film is a movie lover`s cross-cultural paean to the power and magic of cinema.
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