The Illusionist is a 2010 British-French animated film directed by Sylvain Chomet. The film is based on an unproduced script that the French mime, director and actor Jacques Tati had written in 1956 as a personal letter to his estranged eldest daughter, Helga Marie-Jeanne Schiel. The plot revolves around a struggling illusionist who visits an isolated community and meets a young lady who is convinced that he is a real magician. The film is set in Scotland in the late 1950s.

Movie rating: 7.5 / 10 (35866)

Directed by: Sylvain Chomet - Jacques Tati

Writer credits: Jacques Tati - Sylvain Chomet

Cast: Jean-Claude Donda - Eilidh Rankin - Duncan MacNeil - Raymond Mearns - James T. Muir

Upload subtitles