The Illusionist - Isle of Arran

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The Illusionist
Screening
The Illusionist

Event Date

Wed 07 Jun 2017

Event Time

10:00 - 12:00

Location

Screen Machine,
Car Park Auchrannie Hotel ,
Isle of Arran,
KA27 8BZ

PG

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Cost

FREE

Recommended Age Group

11+

Curriculum Subject/s

  • Art and Design
  • French
  • Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig)
  • Geography
  • Languages
  • Performing Arts
  • Physical Geography
  • Religious Education
  • Spirituality

WHAT: Screening of The Illusionist: Into Film, in collaboration with Screen Machine and New Media Scotland, premieres our refurbished cinema with a special expanded screening of this 2010 animated feature directed by Sylvain Chomet. Based on an unproduced script by Jacques Tati, we follow a struggling illusionist to a remote Scottish island where he meets a girl convinced he can do magic. Together they travel to Edinburgh, gloriously depicted in the late 1950s. Stimulating your senses throughout the screening will be Scent Technician Ericka Duffy with bespoke flavours and fragrances to enjoy in sync with the film.

WHEN: Wednesday 7th June 2017 10am-12pm. The event will start at 10am, so please arrive by 9.45am.

WHERE: Screen Machine, Auchrannie Hotel Car Park, Isle of Arran, KS27 8BZ

 

Certificate: The film is rated as a PG, however Into Film reccomends the event for an audience age 11+

Language: English/French/Gaelic

 

*Educators must ensure they book tickets for themselves as well as students. On the order form, please indicate how many young people and how many adults will attend out of the total amount of tickets you have booked.*

We look forward to welcoming you to this innovative and exciting screening event.

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Film title

The Illusionist


Synopsis

Tatischeff is an old-fashioned magician, a master of rabbit-in-a-hat and card tricks. Sadly for him, audiences have moved on, preferring more modern forms of entertainment. His search for someone, anyone, to see his act takes him from France to the distant Scottish isles, and eventually to Edinburgh. Along the way he meets Alice, a young girl who really does believe in magic, and the two become friends. Although Tatischeff struggles to make a living, his true magical gift is that of spreading kindness. Made by Belleville Rendez-Vous director Sylvain Chomet from a script by the late legendary French comedian Jacques Tati, this is a beautiful animated and mostly dialogue-free film, if a little sad.

Contains a scene of aborted suicide and images of smoking.

Director/s

Sylvain Chomet

Year

2010

Country of Production

Britain / France / Northern Europe - General / Western Europe - General

Genres

  • Animation

Language

English / French / Gaelic

Duration

79 minutes

Venue name

Screen Machine

Address

Car Park Auchrannie Hotel ,
Isle of Arran,
KA27 8BZ