Summary: 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. (imdb)

AKA: The Shanghai Spell

Genres: Drama, Mystery

Country: France, Spain, UK

Directed By: Fernando Trueba

Written By: Fernando Trueba, Juan Marsé

Starring: Juan José Ballesta, Fernando Fernan Gomez, Ariadna Gil, Fernando Tielve, Aida Folch, Götz Otto, Féodor Atkine, Eduard Fernández, Antonio Resines, Jorge Sanz, Rosa Maria Sardŕ, Joan Borrŕs, Cristina Dilla, Ferran Rańé, Philippe Beglia

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