The Illusionist

An unproduced script by the French comic Jacques Tati is turned into an animated film by Sylvain Chomet (The Triplets of Belleville). A modestly talented magician befriends a chambermaid in roles originally intended for Tati and one of his daughters.

An Oscar nominee for Best Animated Feature.

A Golden Globe nominee for Best Animated Feature.

“Breathtaking...it is an altogether stunningly lovely, charming, touching and soulful film.” (Kim Voynar, Movie City News)

“Gentle, affectionate, whimsical, but deeply felt and with an arrowhead of emotional pain.” (Peter Bradshaw, Guardian)

''’The strength of 2-D...is it vibrates and it's not perfect, just like reality in fact,’ the director has said. Here's a perfect demonstration of that aesthetic truth.” (Lisa Schwarbaum, Entertainment Weekly)

“If Hollywood animation is a little too sweet and juvenile for you then The Illusionist is the perfect antidote.” (Express)