From director Sylvain Chomet, the man who brought us the beguiling Belleville Rendezvou, comes another slice of whimsy and magic, The Illusionist.
A wonderfully simple and elegant animation that draws you in to the story with only a minimal amount of dialogue, using instead one of the most beautiful soundtracks I have ever heard. At the end of this film I wanted to open my own variety theatre and live with the characters.
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A French ILLUSIONIST finds himself out of work and is of a dying breed of stage entertainers. He is faced to accept increasingly obscure assignments in fringe theatres, at garden parties and in bars and cafes. He finds himself performing in a village pub off the west coast of Scotland where he encounters Alice, a young woman, where their ensuing adventure changes both their lives forever. The story of THE ILLUSIONIST derived as a love letter catalogued by Centre National de la Cinematographie half a century ago. This un-produced script has until now been transformed to film by the critically acclaimed creator of Belleville Rendez-vous, Sylvain Chomet.
Sylvain Chomet directs this hand-drawn animated feature based on an unproduced script that the French comic Jacques Tati wrote in 1956 for his daughter. Set in the late 1950s, the film tells the story of an ageing Paris illusionist whose career has come under threat from the increasing popularity of cinema and pop music. No longer able to find an audience for his card tricks and rabbit-out-of-a-hat routine, he takes to the road in the hope of earning a living elsewhere. When he travels to an isolated community in Scotland, he meets a girl who is convinced that he is a real magician, and a special bond develops between the two.
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