This is the Chinese version of Cinema Paradiso. Beautiful memories about movies have a huge influence on the individual, regardless of space and time. Jiang Xiao′s debut film Electric Shadows describes love, hate, and reconciliation of a family through the movies. Delivering spring water on his bike, Dabing accidently kills a dog on the street and loses consciousness when hit suddenly by a brick thrown by a girl named Ling Ling. This accident leads him to follow Ling Ling′s past. In her younger years, Ling Ling accidently killed her younger brother, Dng Bìng, who was born from her mother and stepfather, Poon, who was a film projection operator. After beaten by her stepfather to the point where she became deaf, Ling Ling escaped from the nouse and has led her life filled with quilt. Dabing finally tells her family about her, and in the garden of the hospital where Ling Ling is, the parents present an outdoor screening that is remembered as the most beautiful memory for the family. Watching a movie with others in one place is a precious experience that allows the sharing of mutual emotions. In this sense, Electric Shadows is a perfect praise of cinema. (Kim Ji-seok)