The Illusionist (2010)
- Original title
- L'Illusionniste
- Directed by
- Sylvain Chomet
- Genre
- drama film, coming-of-age film
- Country
- United Kingdom, France
- Runtime
- 1h 20m
- Rated
- PG
- Rating
- 7.3 of 10 from 686 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
An aging stage illusionist finds his act becoming outdated as rock and roll grows popular. He travels to a remote Scottish island where a young woman believes he has real magic powers, and they form a quiet bond.
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What happens
The Illusionist (French: L'Illusionniste) is a 2010 French-British animated comedy-drama film written and directed by Sylvain Chomet and based on an unproduced script written by French filmmaker and mime Jacques Tati in 1956. Set in the late 1950s, the story follows an aging stage illusionist whose act is overshadowed by the rising popularity of rock and roll, prompting him to visit an isolated Scottish community where he bonds with a young woman who is convinced he is a real magician. Controversy surrounds Tati's motivation for the script, which was written as a personal letter to his estranged eldest daughter, Helga Marie-Jeanne Schiel, in collaboration with his long-term writing partner Henri Marquet, between writing for the films Mon Oncle and Play Time. Chomet relocated the film, originally intended by Tati to be set in Czechoslovakia, to Scotland in the late 1950s. According to the director, "It's not a romance, it's more the relationship between a dad and a daughter." Sony's US press kit declares that the "script for The Illusionist was originally written by French comedy genius and cinema legend Jacques Tati as a love letter from a father to his daughter, but never produced". The film received acclaim from critics, and was nominated for both Academy Award for Best Animated Feature and Annie Award for Best Animated Feature, losing to Pixar's Toy Story 3 & DreamWorks' How to Train Your Dragon, respectively. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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