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Shadow Magic

2000-09-08 | Drama / History
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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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On October 04, 2024, the IMDB rating of Shadow Magic is 7.2/10, Rotten Tomato rating is 73/100, Metacritic rating is 66/100, TMDB rating is 6.0/10.
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?.
The certification of Shadow Magic is PG.
The director of Shadow Magic is Ann Hu.
The genre of Shadow Magic is Drama,History.
The casts of Shadow Magic are Jared Harris starring as Raymond Wallace, Xia Yu starring as Liu Jinglun (Liu Zhonglun), Yufei Xing starring as Ling, Liu Peiqi starring as Master Ren (Ren JingFeng), Lü Liping starring as Madame Ren, Jingming Wang starring as Old Liu.
The full version of Shadow Magic is provided by Tubi TV
On October 04, 2024, there were 3664 public reaction to Shadow Magic including historical point of view, like Harry Potter, blithe, seasoned professional, total darkness.
The runtime of Shadow Magic is 116 minutes.