The Illusionist
Synopsis
The illusionist is a dying breed of stage performer. Ever since rock and pop stars have taken away slightly more than his bread and butter, his worsening economic situation has forced him to accept questionable engagements in dubious basement venues, at garden parties or in bars and cafés. In one of these obscure establishments a village pub on Scotlands west coast he meets an innocent young girl named Alice. The encounter changes his life completely.
Alice is just as delighted by his magical tricks as everyone else watching the illusionist that night. The performance has been arranged in order to celebrate the advent of electricity on their remote island. But, unlike the others, Alice is completely captivated by our hero and is convinced that his tricks are truly the result of magic. She follows the illusionist to Edinburgh and keeps house for him while he performs at a small local theatre. Delighted by her enthusiasm for his art, he rewards her by conjuring up ever more generous presents. Unable to imagine anything worse than disappointing Alice, the illusionist cant bring himself to admit that he cannot really perform magic instead allowing himself to be bankrupted by the constant present-giving
The sad yet salutary romantic tale of THE ILLUSIONIST is based on a screenplay by Jacques Tati
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Production and distribution (4)
- Co-productions : France 3 Cinéma, Ciné B
- Foreign production company : Django Films
- Film exports/foreign sales : Pathé Films
- French distribution : Pathé Films
Full credits (11)
- Screenwriter : Jacques Tati
- Music Composer : Sylvain Chomet
- Assistant Director : Paul Dutton
- Editor : Sylvain Chomet
- Voice : Jean-Claude Donda, Edith Rankin
- Production manager : Fiona Hall
- Press Attaché (film) : Robert Schlockoff
- Production Designer : Isobel Stenhouse
- Compositor : Jean-Pierre Bouchet
- Special Effects : Olivier Malric
- Sound mixers : Jean-Paul Loublier, Carl Goetgheluck
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Animated film
- Sub-genre : Animated film
- Production language : French
- Coproducer countries : France, Great Britain
- Original French-language productions : Yes
- Nationality : Minority French (France, Great Britain)
- Production year : 2010
- French release : 16/06/2010
- Runtime : 1 h 20 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 116.940
- Visa issue date : 27/05/2010
- Approval : Yes
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : CinemaScope
- Audio format : Dolby SRD
- Rating restrictions : None
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