Delicate and surreal. "A hora mágica" is a mix between a noir movie and a fantastic, surreal movie, dealing with the contrasts between reality as it is and reality as we want it to be. Life imitates art, but what life? What art? Is any of it worth it? The acting, the scenario, the timing, all promote an air of falsehood, and for a good reason: this is the land of fantasy, of desire, a place to try (and fail) to escape the roughness of real life and join the paradisiac land of the movies (or, as it is, of radio soap-operas). And this is why it also explicitly resembles a noir movie, the kind of movie that epitomizes the glamour of Hollywood. This game between reality and fantasy is paralleled to the shock originated with the arrival of TV in Brazil, rivaling radio, as TV virtually destroyed the radio soap-operas (the main character is a radio soap-opera actor). All in all, a delicate film, beautiful to the eyes and the soul, well-done technically, and with a good soundtrack. In particular, the final sequence is simply perfect, maybe among the most beautiful in the history of cinema; that sequence alone justifies recommending this film. 1940 华(🕵)(huá )新影(🗜)片公司(🃏)出品，摄(🔂)影周达明。 富(fù )家女(🛵)邢咏慧(🎲)常与画(😧)家男友杜少华(huá )及(jí )同学(🌨)李中(zhō(😼)ng )婷(tíng )、(🎲)陈小平、张雁、沈菲菲等一起(qǐ(🥔) )玩(wán )乐(💐)(lè(👆) ). 平於舞会上结识郭大维, 二人迅(👛)即(🔛)(jí )热(🕙)(rè(♒) )恋(liàn ). 维往外国(guó )升(shēng )学, 相约平私(🔬)奔随(🆎)行(⛷). 婷等不(👯)欲平(píng )因(yīn )此(cǐ )断送前程(❤), 故意(🌑)把(🖖)她的手(🚸)表拨慢, 令(lìng )她(tā )爽约, 平伤(🌞)心不(bú(🗜) )已. 另一(😞)方面, 华(🅱)与婷(tíng )因热爱绘画(㊗)(huà )而(é(🐱)r )感(gǎn )情(♎)日增, 慧心生不快, 婷无奈与(🔖)华绝(jué(🤽) )交(jiāo ). 华(🙌)在慧家重遇婷, 向她表白爱意. 慧(huì(🌻) )怒(nù )火(💵)中(😀)烧, 驾(jià )车(chē )送(sòng )华及婷回家时(🦒), 把(🐬)车子(💃)撞(👛)向岩石(shí ), 以(yǐ )求(qiú )同归於尽. 慧受(🌈)轻伤(🗻), 但(🏓)华及婷(🥡)伤势(shì )严(yán )重(chóng ). 慧羞愧服(🌗)(fú )毒(🆚)(dú(⬜) )自杀, 被(💷)同学阻止. 婷不计前嫌原(yuá(🏡)n )谅(liàng )慧(🤠)(huì ), 二人(🏨)伤愈, 与(🔛)同学如期演出, 大获(🌹)好(hǎo )评(🙂)(píng ). （定(🧝)山渓班） 近江俊郎 （札幌(👄)班(bān )）(🛳) 石井輝(🛢)男(nán ) （会(huì )津若松班） 毛利正樹(🐢) （下田(🗄)班(🍝)） 小(xiǎo )森白 （修善寺班） 小野(📒)田(🍊)嘉幹(🕘) （(🌡)京(jīng )都班） 山(shān )田(tián )達(dá )雄 （大(🎀)阪班(➕)）(😑) 中川信(⏰)夫 （宮島(dǎo )班(bān )） 加戸野(🈳)五郎(⛰) （(🈁)長崎班(🐀)） 土屋通芳(fāng ) （高(gāo )知班(🚥)） 曲(qǔ(🈴) )谷(gǔ )守(🚣)平 这是(👘)Nine Inch Nails最新的一场现场演(🙆)唱(chàng )会(🥨)(huì )《Live Beside You in Time》 1931年，震(🧛)惊中外的"九·一八"事变(bià(🥦)n )爆(bào )发(🈵)(fā )了，武(🥄)林志(zhì )士华志强在母亲惨(cǎn )遭日(🔜)军杀害(🥛)(hà(🍫)i )后(hòu )，他与恋人张小叶逃离故土(💣)。途中(zhō(🥚)ng )，两(👈)人失散。小叶逃至北平，避难(nán )于(yú(🔧) )姨夫(📍)魏(🐽)辛(xīn )家(😩)(jiā )里(lǐ )。魏辛早已不好汉奸(🚝)，在坂(🤶)田(🥡)手(shǒu )下(🔰)(xià )任翻译。坂田公开的身份(🍍)是使馆(🙁)(guǎn )外(wà(👌)i )交(jiāo )官(😯)，实质(zhì )则(zé )为日本(🥅)的间谍(🙀)，他专事(🛌)组织绑(🤞)(bǎng )架(jià )、暗杀我抗(🔛)日志士(🏯)的罪恶(✨)活动。此(cǐ )时(shí )，坂田特意安(ān )排其(🐳)子、日(🚁)本(🌡)武士(shì )小次郎来到(dào )北(běi )平(pí(👜)ng )，与中华(📼)武(🌨)馆杨馆长比武，妄想(xiǎng )借(jiè )此机会(💼)征服(⛴)中(🔻)华武术(🅿)界。但坂田(tián )深(shēn )知杨馆长(🍵)(zhǎng )武(🥛)(wǔ(🕑) )功(gōng )高(💐)强，遂暗派杀手在芦沟桥上(🍿)行(háng )刺(🐹)(cì )。幸亏(🥤)乔装车(🐨)夫的华志强相救，杨(🥝)(yáng )馆(guǎ(🏯)n )长才安(🍮)危(wēi )脱(🏡)(tuō )险。小次郎对父亲(🤓)的作法(⏭)十分(fè(⏫)n )不(bú )满(mǎn )，他要以公平比武的方式(🍔)打败杨(⏪)(yá(⤵)ng )馆(guǎn )长(zhǎng )。坂田无奈(nài )下只得派(🏌)魏辛到(💾)武(🔌)(wǔ )术馆下战书(shū )，约(yuē )定第二天比(🌄)武决(🔯)胜(🚬)负。次日(🏀)，中(zhōng )日(rì )双方在天坛摆开(🧚)擂台(🌭)，进(📿)行一场(📜)(chǎng )生(shēng )死的较量(liàng )。杨(yáng )馆(🖨)长武功(🌹)超群，小(🎩)次郎只(🕢)有招架(jià )之(zhī )功，尔(🚞)后，杨馆(👿)长佯装(📆)失手，鸣(🙊)(míng )锣(luó )收(shōu )兵。是夜(🖤)(yè )，坂田(🔠)终于毒(💶)死杨馆长。正当坂(bǎn )田(tián )在(zài )公馆(🗜)内举杯(🛣)庆(🧘)贺时，华志强突然(rán )闯(chuǎng )进(jìn )来(🐞)为师傅(🌄)报(😻)(bào )仇。坂田举枪欲杀(shā )死华志强，被(✉)(bèi )小(👥)(xiǎ(🔀)o )次郎阻(🍶)止。小次郎要与华志强单(dā(📧)n )独(dú(📄) )决(😏)斗，然而(🤬)，交手只几个回合就(jiù )被(bè(👘)i )华志强(🕳)击(jī )败(🚨)(bài )。小次(😵)郎面含羞愧决意回(💚)国去苦(👅)练(liàn )忍(🕷)(rěn )术，待(🐒)来日再与华志强一(♓)决输赢(🈶)(yíng )。坂(bǎ(📨)n )田为了报(bào )复(fù )，唆使忍者去砸了(🌴)中华武(🏕)馆(🏝)，华(huá )志(zhì )强拼搏逃出，又被忍者(🛵)追杀至(🕛)黄(🏪)(huáng )河(hé )岸(àn )边。他情急(jí )下毅然跳(🌞)入黄(♏)河(🖨)，被船家(👶)女虎(hǔ )妞(niū )搭(dā )救脱险。华(👍)志强(🏠)从(🥊)此在黄(♐)河的激(jī )流(liú )中，练就出一(🚓)身绝技(💓)。不久，小(🦎)(xiǎo )次郎(✍)重返中(zhōng )国(guó )。他们(🔒)在黄河(📨)边相见(🏛)，两个约(🎂)定9月(yuè )18日(rì )以长城(🔔)为擂台(🐘)，一决雌(🔺)雄。小次(cì )郎(láng )运用忍术，步(bù )步紧(🕳)逼华志(📣)强。而华志强怀着(zhe )低(dī )外(wài )侮、抗(🐃)强暴的(🤱)决(👁)心，凭借中华武(wǔ )功(gōng )的(de )绝技，终于(🐓)(yú )打(🔑)败(🌫)了小次郎。这时，坂田突(tū )然(rán )下(xià(♏) )了毒(🙉)手(🔡)，华志强(⭕)倒在坂田的枪口(kǒu )下(xià )，而(⚫)象征中(🍢)华民族(🎥)脊骨的长城，巍然挺立。