The Shanghai Spell

Name: The Shanghai Spell
Director: Fernando Trueba
Released: 2002
Duration: 119 min
Rating: 5.5
Cast: Fernando Tielve, Aida Folch, Ariadna Gil, Ariadna Gil, Fernando Fernán Gómez

2002 · 119 MIN · IMDB 5.5 · 568 VOTES · DIR. Fernando Trueba

Overview

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.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,016 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:50 THE SHANGHAI SPELL

00:05:46 I will go out disguised as a pedestrian, ran over by a bus.

00:09:11 But they say that as soon as he got off the train, they caught him.

00:12:19 It will be extraordinary, a conclusive denunciation

00:15:41 Go.

00:18:49 Yes.

00:21:18 It happens everyday. In the best of families.

00:25:29 -What a mess. -What do we do? Go out?

00:29:14 At the station, Denis gave him a letter for his wife and money for his parents.

00:33:35 And if I'm not there. Tell the usher you're a friend of mine

00:37:09 I wish they would prescribe me all that as well.

00:39:49 Everything was going well until he had to come back to Paris

00:43:53 Okay, kid, give me that. I will sign.

00:46:52 It was a very dangerous mission. He had to go by himself.

00:50:57 and that he would have to buy elegant clothes to accompany her.

00:55:50 Yes or no? They say it's like the buzz inside a cavern.

01:01:45 Well, I don't know.

01:08:21 -Just that? -Do you think it's not enough?

01:13:01 -I will do my job in spite of you and her. -I promised not to tell you anything.

01:17:38 What are you doing?

01:27:28 I'm asking you.

01:33:02 I have searched everywhere, Marseilles, Tunis, the Pyrenees...

01:38:11 Less each time. I can go out to the garden now.

01:44:12 -Leave! -Let's go.

Cast & Characters

Fernando Tielve Dani Aida Folch Susana Ariadna Gil Anita Ariadna Gil Chen Fernando Fernán Gómez Capitán Blay Eduard Fernández Forcat Antonio Resines Kim Rosa Maria Sardà Betibú Jorge Sanz Denis Juan José Ballesta Finito Chacón Cristina Dilla Madre Dani

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,016

Dialogue density8.5 lines / min

First line00:00:50

Final line01:44:12

Production Record

DirectorFernando Trueba

LanguageSpanish

IMDb votes568