Shadow Magic

Name: Shadow Magic
Director: BLOGER1.TECH
Released: 2025-10-20T17:19:49+03:00
Rating: 5.4
Cast: Jared Harris, Li Bin, Fang Qingzhuo, Chen Chuang, Li Yusheng

Also Known As:

西洋镜

IMDb Rating

5.4

Country

China

Genre

Drama History

Duration

116 min

Release Date

2000

Actors

Jared Harris Li Bin Fang Qingzhuo Chen Chuang Li Yusheng Jingming Wang Yufei Xing Lü Liping Liu Peiqi Xia Yu Song Wen-Hua

Overview

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?

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