Movie · Drama · Animation

"The Illusionist" is a story about two paths that cross. An outdated, aging magician, forced to wander from country to country, city to city and station to station in search of a stage to perform his act, meets a young girl at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.

2011 · 1h 19m
Director Sylvain Chomet

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The Illusionist

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"The Illusionist" is a story about two paths that cross. An outdated, aging magician, forced to wander from country to country, city to city and station to station in search of a stage to perform his act, meets a young girl at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.

COMMON SENSE

Touching, beautiful drama about the magic of friendship.

TOMATOMETER
Average 8
Reviews 134
Fresh 121
Rotten 13

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Studio
Sony Pictures Classics
Released
2011
Run Time
1 hr 19 min
Rated
PG for thematic elements and smoking.
Regions of Origin
France, United Kingdom
© 2010 Django Films Illusionist Ltd / Cine B / France 3 Cinema

Languages

Original Audio
French (France), French, French (United Kingdom), English, English (United Kingdom)
Audio

English (United Kingdom) (⁨Dolby 5.1⁩, AAC)

Subtitles

English (CC)

Accessibility

Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.