In this clever, contemporary spin on the story of Simon Magus, history's first Gnostic, a celebrated magician believed to have superior mental powers is called to Paris to help the police solve a murder. While there, he falls in love with a beautiful young girl and is challenged to a Houdini-styled escape  stunt by a rival magician. A sensuous and stirring film from the director of My Twentieth Century. In French and Hungarian with English subtitles.  Ildiko Enyedi---Hungary/France---1999---100 mins.

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  Release Date: 04/13/2004