TY - BOOK AU - Peploe, Clare. AU - DW Moffett AU - Jim Broadbent AU - Kenneth Mars AU - Paul Rodriguez AU - Russell Crowe AU - Bridget Fonda TI - Rough Magic AV - DVD 002574 PY - 1995/// CY - UK, USA, France PB - Sony Pictures KW - Drama KW - Fantasy KW - Romance KW - Comedy N1 - Set in the 1950s, Rough Magic tells the story of what happens when a pretty apprentice magician goes to Mexico to escape her fiancé N2 - 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 UR - http://akas.imdb.com/title/tt0114303/ ER -