The Illusionist (L'illusioniste)
- Director: Sylvain Chomet
- Writer: Sylvain Chomet, Jacques Tati
- Cast: Jean-Claude Donda (voice), Edith Rankin (voice)
- Theatrical Release Date:
- Criticwire: B+
Synopsis: "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 An outdated, aging magician, forced to wander from country to country, city to city and station to station in search of a stage to perform his act meets a young girl at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. A 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. Sylvain Chomet, the Oscar nominated and critically acclaimed creator of “The Triplets of Belleville," adapted the script and brought it to life in his distinctive hand-drawn animated style. [Synopsis provided by Sony Pictures Classics]
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Reviews
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REVIEW | Not Quite There: Sylvain Chomet's "The Illusionist"
There were several reasons to anticipate Sylvain Chomet's "The Illusionist." The French animator's previous feature, 2003's "Triplets of Belleville," was a surreal masterpiece of conceptual wonder, at once classically entertaining and marvelously bizarre. As one of the most important animators worki...
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Interviews
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In "The Illusionist," Chomet's Hat Tip to Tati
This article was originally published during indieWIRE's coverage of 2010 Berlinale. Sylvian Chomet's "The Illusionist" hits theaters tomorrow, December 25.
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2 Comments
Guy Lodge | September 14, 2010 9:15 AM
Apparently not as bitter as the individual(s) who take the time to litter every relevant comment thread across multiple sites with that same unsupportable sentiment.
JBowan | August 30, 2010 11:31 AM
Without doubt the most spiteful adaptation of a script ever brought to screen. Chomet is one bitter little man.