The Shanghai Spell El embrujo de Shanghai
The Shanghai Spell is a 2002 Spanish film written and directed by Fernando Trueba. The film is based on the novella of the same name written by Juan Marsé and published in 1993.
Plot
The film is set in the Gràcia district of Barcelona, in the wake of the Spanish Civil War. Fourteen-year-old Dani (Fernando Tielve) is a budding artist, who looks after Captain Blay (Fernando Fernán Gómez), an ageing civil war veteran. Blay suggests Dani draw local girl Susana (Aida Folch) as the subject of a poster warning of the dangers of factory smoke causing consumption. Dani and Susana begin a tentative romance, as they hear stories of Susana's father's exploits as a secret agent in the Chinese city of Shanghai from one of his wartime colleagues.
More details
| author | Fernando Trueba |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Barcelona |
| director | Fernando Trueba |
| genre | drama |
| keywords | age civil war veteran consumption secret agent shanghai spanish civil war tuberculosis war veteran warn |
| musicBy | Antoine Duhamel |
| recordedAt | Estació del Nord Gràcia Madrid Port Vell |