Review of The Illusionist (2009) by Maura G — 18 Feb 2011
A young washer woman stifled with the difficulty of living meets an old stage magician who appears to float through existence and so she hopefully adopts him as her protector, a assignment that's only doomed. set in 1959 europe, this decidedly french tale shimmers in the tawdry regret of living, a serenade sung in a bordello at closing time. and visually so full ....
The subtext to the film, the key actually, is that the great jacques tati wrote it as a goodbye to his own daughter. you HAVE seen jacques tati's films, haven't you?
This review of The Illusionist (2009) was written by Maura G on 18 Feb 2011.
The Illusionist has generally received very positive reviews.
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