Electric Shadows (2004)

Original title

电影往事

Directed by

Xiao Jiang

Genre

drama film

Country

People's Republic of China

Runtime

1h 33m

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 21 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young woman attacks a stranger and then asks him to look after her fish while she is arrested. In her apartment he finds a shrine to a classic film actress and they share a deep love of movies.

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What happens

Electric Shadows is a 2004 Chinese film directed by Xiao Jiang. The English title of the film is the literal translation for the Chinese term for movies or "dian ying" (電影). Electric Shadows is the debut film of director Xiao Jiang, one of the few active female directors in China. Xiao and Cheng Qingsong wrote the screenplay. The film was produced by mainland China's Beijing Dadi Century and Hong Kong's Happy Pictures Culture Communication Company. The film begins when a young woman mysteriously attacks a stranger and then asks him to care for her fish while she is being arrested. When he enters her apartment he discovers an apparent shrine to the 1930s actress Zhou Xuan and that they share a love of the cinema and more. The film's reverent attitude towards the power of film and particularly classic film has brought it comparison to, or at least reference to Italy's Cinema Paradiso. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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