Saturday, July 25, 2020

El embrujo de Shangai AKA The Shanghai Spell

El embrujo de Shanghai (The Shanghai Spell) (2002) - Rotten TomatoesEl embrujo de Shangai AKA The Shanghai Spell
Studio Unknown
12 April 2002
Historical Drama
DVD
B-

An uneasy blend of slice-of-admittedly-odd-life in 1940s Spain and noirish stories about one character's father, with the melodrama trickling into the main story in the last act.  Note that there are three significant Fernandos involved here: director Fernando Trueba, who adapted the Juan Marsé novel; Fernando Tielve as the young narrator and protagonist; and Fernando Fernán Gómez as a scene-stealing profane old captain.

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