The Illusionist

Sylvain Chomet and Jacques Tati film, Jean-Claude Donda, Eilidh Rankin

released: 2010 Jun 16   duration: 1:19:41

France. Original title: L'illusionniste. Animation. While touring concert halls, theaters and pubs, an aging, down-on-his-luck magician encounters a young girl at the start of her life's journey. Alice is a teenage girl with all her capacity for childish wonder still intact. She plays at being a woman without realizing the day to stop pretending is fast approaching. She doesn't know yet that she loves The Illusionist like she would a father; he already knows that he loves her as he would a daughter. Their destinies will collide, but nothing, not even magic or the power of illusion, can stop the voyage of discovery.

At 1:06:44, a magician sitting in a window briefly juggles 3 small balls and catches them up a sleeve before going on to his next trick.

The entire movie may be seen here.


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