L'illusionniste (2010)

Animation. A decadent magician travels overseas in search of a job, and befriends a lonely teenage girl.

In its general contours, an interesting film; a flawed one, however. The middle section is a little plodding at times, and the whole episode of his job at the advertising agency is uninspired. There is a structural resemblance to The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1968) as both films explore, among other common threads, the idea of non-existence, a very compelling one in its metaphysical and psychological ramifications.

Rating: 52