International title:
L’illusioniste – The illusionist
We are in 1959. Tatischeff is an old illusionist who has difficulties to make his way into show business because nobody understands him. His shows are too déjà vu for most people, too traditional. But in Scotland he gets some success, enough to make a mesmerized girl decide to follow him to Edinburgh, she believes he is an extraordinary magician. Tatischeff finds in her somebody who finally believes in him but life in the big city isn't easy for either of them. Everything changes, modern crushes tradition. It's very poetic, born from Jacques Tati's pen who dedicated it to his daughter, whom he presumably wanted to play a role in it. Precisely, it was one of Tati's daughters, Sophie, who asked Chomet to make an animated movie about it. It was accepted in a more detached way from the public, maybe because it's less carefree than the previous one, but it's another great poetry made movie by the director and besides the nomination for the Oscar, it won the Cesar Award and the European Film Award for Best Animated Feature Film, French and European.
