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Beijing, 1902, at the Feng Tai Photo Shop. Master Ren prepares for a formal portrait of Lord Tan, China's most famous opera star, while chief photographer Liu, neglecting his duties for the moment, tinkers with a Victrola. Lord Tan arrives with a retinue, including his beautiful daughter, Ling, who exchanges glances with Liu. Meanwhile, a foreigner, Raymond Wallace, has set up the first crude movie theatre, Shadow Magic, with which he hopes to make a fortune and return to England. Liu's fascination with useless and disapproved foreign gadgetry leads him into a double life working for both Ren and Wallace.

Production
Beijing Film Studio [cn]; C & A Productions; Central Motion Pictures Corporation [tw]; China Film [cn]; Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen [de]; Post Production Playground; Road Movies Vierte Produktionen [de]; Schulberg Productions; Taiwan Central Motion Picture Corporation [tw];

Cast Names
Jared Harris; Yu Xia; Yufei Xing; Peiqi Liu; Liping Lü; Jingming Wang; Yusheng Li; Yukui Zhang; Chuang Cheng; Zhongwei Zheng; Qi Mu; Qingzhuo Fang; Bin Li;

Box Office
USD 149,258

Release Date
2001-04-06 (limited)

Genres
Drama; History; Romance;

MPAA Rating [?]
Rated PG for brief mild language.

Running Time
1 hr. 56 min. (DVD version)
1 hr. 55 min.

Director
Ann Hu

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