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Mood:
- AtmosphericHumorousOffbeatStylized
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Plot:
- Wizards and MagiciansChases and RacesRivalryDisorderChaseGood Versus EvilOn the RunLove and Romance
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Genres:
- FantasyIndependentRealismDramaRomance
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Time/Period:
- 50s
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Place:
- MexicoLatin America
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Style:
- Surreal
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Based on:
- Based on Book
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Attitudes:
- Semi SeriousFantastic
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Rough Magic, 1995
English
UK, USA, France
Profile of Rough Magic
The mood of Rough Magic is offbeat, atmospheric, and stylized. The plot centers around wizards and magicians, disorder, and rivalry. It is an independent, fantasy, and drama movie. Stylistically, Rough Magic features realism and is surreal. In approach, it is fantastical. The setting is Mexico and South America. Rough Magic happens in the 1950s. It is based on a book.
Summary of Rough Magic
Set in the 1950s, Rough Magic tells the story of what happens when a pretty apprentice magician goes to Mexico to escape her fiancé, a wealthy politician, and to find a Mayan shaman who will teach her ancient principles of magic. She is being trailed by a detective hired by her fiancé. He's a former photojournalist traumatized by what he saw in Hiroshima. The photojournalist joins her in the search for the Mayan shaman, and falls in love with her; the feeling is not reciprocated. When she finds the shaman, she drinks a potion which empowers her to do magic. The potion has life-changing effects on her and her relationship with her companion. They have strange experiences which are brought about by magic.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | UK, USA, France |
| Release date: | 30 May 1997 |
| Runtime: | 100 min |
Cast and Crew
as Myra
as Alex Ross
as Doc Ansell
