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Once, before Christmas, Ivan was predicted to meet a foreign beauty. Forest sorceress for the kindness of a young man gave him a magical portrait of a Chinese girl named Xiao Qing. Her beauty struck Ivan in the heart, and he fell in love with no memory. Suddenly, the portrait came to life, the girl told the young man an amazing story. It turns out that the evil sorcerer took her from her parents against her will to make her his wife. The girl’s brother painted a portrait, where the soul of Xiao Qing moved, and the villain got only a barely living body, an insensitive doll. Now the sorcerer is looking for this portrait to regain the girl’s soul...
Once, before Christmas, Ivan was predicted to meet a foreign beauty. Forest sorceress for the kindness of a young man gave him a magical portrait of a Chinese girl named Xiao Qing. Her beauty struck Ivan in the heart, and he fell in love with no memory. Suddenly, the portrait came to life, the girl told the young man an amazing story. It turns out that the evil sorcerer took her from her parents against her will to make her his wife. The girl’s brother painted a portrait, where the soul of Xiao Qing moved, and the villain got only a barely living body, an insensitive doll. Now the sorcerer is looking for this portrait to regain the girl’s soul...
The film is a classic fantasy fairy tale centered on universal themes of love, courage, and the triumph of good over evil, presenting an apolitical narrative without discernible ideological leanings.
The film features traditional casting with no apparent intentional race or gender swaps of roles. Its narrative focuses on folklore and adventure, without critically portraying traditional identities or making DEI themes central to the story.
Based on available information, the film "Volshebnyy portret" is a fantasy romance that does not appear to include any LGBTQ+ characters or themes. Therefore, there is no portrayal to evaluate, resulting in a net impact of N/A.
Based on available plot summaries and character descriptions for 'The Magical Portrait' (1997), there are no identifiable transsexual characters or themes present in the film. Consequently, there is no portrayal to evaluate under the given rubric.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
This film is an original fantasy story and not an adaptation of pre-existing material with established characters, nor is it a biopic. Therefore, no characters exist whose canonical or historical gender could have been altered.
This film is an original Russian-Chinese fantasy production from 1997. There is no evidence of pre-existing source material or historical figures whose established racial identities were altered for this adaptation.
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