The Magic Cat

About

Connie Chan Po-chu and Lui Kay became an adored on-screen couple in the late 1960s after starring together in several popular films. Eager to cash in on their appeal, production companies dreamed up extraordinary plots to spice up the requisite romance stories starring the beloved duo, such as falling in love with a ghost in Beauty in the Mist (1968) and with a cat in The Magic Cat. In this human-cat affair, a young painter finds his beautiful muse, without knowing she is a furry creature that can be temporarily transformed into a human. But the cross-species romance turns CATastrophic when the titled feline’s mother disapproves of their relationship and takes away the daughter’s ability to transform…