Underplayed Gems

Phantom of the Theatre (2016)

Phantom of the Theatre poster
Original title
魔宫魅影
Directed by
Raymond Yip
Genre
thriller film
Country
People's Republic of China
Runtime
1h 44m
Rating
4.8 of 10 from 20 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A film director and an actress fall in love while making a movie in an old Shanghai theater. The theater holds a dark secret from the past that haunts their present.

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What happens

Phantom of the Theatre (Chinese: 魔宫魅影; pinyin: Mó Gōng Mèi Yǐng) is a 2016 thriller film directed by Raymond Yip, starring Ruby Lin, Tony Yang, Simon Yam, and Huang Lei. A Chinese-Hong Kong co-production, the film depicts a tragic love story set in Shanghai during the 1930s. It was released in China on 29 April 2016. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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