The Illusionist

In the twilight of a once-brilliant career as an entertainer, the slender and taciturn French stage illusionist, Tatischeff, now finds himself struggling to eke out a living, against the backdrop of late 1950s rapid music-hall decline. With shattered dreams and incapable of competing with the new types of entertainment, the down-on-his-luck performer leaves the neon-lit Parisian metropolis for rain-soaked rural Scotland, only to start a chivalrous friendship with an unexpected admirer: Alice, a wide-eyed young girl convinced of Tati's effortless talent and magic. Indeed, the future is promising when you are a great magician; however, has anyone escaped from today's harsh truth?