The Shanghai Spell

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.

• Fernando TruebaDirector
• Fernando TruebaScreenplay
• Antoine DuhamelOriginal Music Composer

• Fernando TielveDani
• Aida FolchSusana
• Ariadna GilAnita / Chen
• Fernando Fernán GómezCapt. Bay
• Eduard FernándezForcat
• Antonio ResinesKim
• Rosa María SardàBetibú
• Jorge SanzDenis
• Juan José BallestaFinito Chacón
• Cristina DillaMadre Dani
• Joan BorràsDr. Barjau
• Götz OttoOmar