The Shanghai Spell

El embrujo de Shanghai

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.

Screenplay

Fernando Trueba

Director

Fernando Trueba

Music

Antoine Duhamel

Novela

Juan Marsé

Status

Released

Release date

11/04/2002

Original language

Spanish