La grande magie (2022)
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Denis Podalydès, Judith Chemla, Sergi López, Noémie Lvovsky, François Morel, Damien Bonnard
At a 1920s seaside hotel, a woman uses a magician’s vanishing act to escape her jealous husband.
The story
In France in the 1920s, a magic show entertains guests at a seaside hotel. Marta, desperate to escape her jealous husband, Charles, accepts the magician’s invitation to participate in a vanishing act. She uses the performance as a chance to disappear, leaving Charles demanding that she return. The magician offers Charles an explanation: Marta is locked inside a small box, and he will be able to open it only if he has faith in her. Otherwise, the magician warns, she may disappear forever.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
In France in the 1920s, a magic show entertains the idle guests at a seaside hotel. Marta, a young woman desperate to escape her jealous husband, Charles, accepts the magician’s invitation to take part in a vanishing act—and uses it as an opportunity to disappear for good. Her husband demands that she return, and the magician manages to convince him that she is locked inside a small box, which he will be able to open only when he has faith in her; otherwise, she may disappear forever. Charles feels truly awful.
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