The Shanghai Spell
2002·Spain·119 min.
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A fourteen year old lad discovers his first love at the point of his pencil whilst drawing the portrait of a sickly but coquettish fifteen year old girl. In the neighbourhood an old freedom-fighter pits himself against bad types, a pretty cinema-ticket girl takes to the streets at night and a young anarchist dedicates himself to telling tall stories. Far away, in Shanghai, a hero of the Republic meets a beautiful femme fatal with oriental eyes. Reality and fiction become fused in an embrace.
DirectorFernando Trueba
MusicAntoine Duhamel
CinematographyJosé Luis López-Linares
CastAriadna Gil·Fernando Fernán Gómez·Eduard Fernández·Jorge Sanz·Antonio Resines·Rosa María Sardà·Aida Folch·Fernando Tielve·Juan José Ballesta·Götz Otto·Feodor Atkine
Original titleEl embrujo de Shanghai