Shadow Magic (2000)

Shadow Magic 2000 Beijing, 1902 an enterprising young portrait photographer named Liu Jinglun, keen on new technology, befriends a newly arrived Englishman whos brought projector, camera, and Lumiere brothers shorts to open the Shadow Magic theater Lius work with Wallace brings him conflict with tradition and his fathers authority, complicated by his falling in love with Ling, daughter of Lord Tan, star of Beijings traditional opera Liu sees movies as his chance to become wealthy and worthy of Ling When the Shadow Magic pair are invited to show the films to the Empress Dowager, things look good But, is disaster in the script And, can movies preserve tradition even as they bring change