L'illusionniste - An animation like no other

Just finished watching L'illusioniste (or The Illusionist). It is a pre-dominantly silent animated feature. And the best part is the complete different set of animation style. This Oscar-nominated French production with hardly any similarities to "How to Train Your Dragon" and "Toy Story 3", the other two nominations for this year's Oscar for best animated feature. I have seen the other two as well but this one is incomparable.

The big difference is the animation style, which is more classic as the snap from the movie shows here. It reminded me of the animations Cartoon Network threw up some 10 years ago. This French production reminded me of Tin Tin's animated adventures. 

The most beautiful sight from the movie

As for the movie itself, it is a very slow but a truly beautiful movie about an Illusionist in the 1950s going from Paris to London to Scotland in search of audiences, which have seemingly been taken over by Music stars. He meets a young fan along the way who is mesmerized by his magic.

Its easy to see the movie's Oscar nomination - A classic animation style, a storyline capturing a different era with great ease and  a hauntingly beautiful melancholic ending. One thing though, even at a runtime of 75 minutes the movie seemed slow at times. But stick with it and its bound to be beautiful.