Illusions perdues

Explore our selection of movies and TV shows illusions perdues

poster The Mysterious Portrait
The Mysterious Portrait
(3/5)
1mn - Fantasy
A magician produces a living portrait of himself.
poster The Lure of Drink
The Lure of Drink
37mn - Drama
A married man's mistress has her revenge by making him an insane dipsomaniac.
poster Sightseeing Through Whisky
Sightseeing Through Whisky
6mn - Comedy
John, who loves the bottle a little too much, is one of a group of sightseers. Too drunk to follow the party, the reeling drunkard remains on the site of a ruin where he starts having hallucinations.
poster Tih Minh
Tih Minh
(3.6/5)
418mn - Adventure, Crime
Jacques d'Athys, a French adventurer, returns to his home in Nice after an expedition to Indochina where he has picked up a Eurasian fiancée and a book that, unbeknownst to him, contains a coded message r…
poster Daydreams
Daydreams
(3.4/5)
37mn - Drama
Sergei’s beloved wife Yelena has passed away, and the bereaved husband is inconsolable. He remains obsessed with pictures of Yelena and with a braid of her hair that he has saved. One day, while walking i…
poster In the Dark
In the Dark
89mn - Drama, Thriller
After a tragic car accident leaves Ali blind and devastated by the loss of her family, she hires a caretaker to help her navigate her new reality. But when her helpful aide becomes dangerously obsessed, A…
poster Black Mass of the Brain
Black Mass of the Brain
78mn - Horror
Two identical yet different personas become trapped in an ancient house where language fails and reality fractures, descending into a surreal ritualistic nightmare that consumes the mind.
poster The Good Luck of a 'Souse'
The Good Luck of a 'Souse'
3mn - Drama
This film from George Melies is sadly one that's only available in fragments. The film starts off with a title card stating that a drunk man has just thrown his family out a window. We see a couple of the…
poster The Ballet Master's Dream
The Ballet Master's Dream
2mn - Comedy, Fantasy
It's late in the evening, and the ballet master's bed has been prepared for him. But he cannot take his mind off of his work, and instead of going to sleep he paces the floor and tries out dance steps. Fi…
poster Fantasmagorie
Fantasmagorie
(3.5/5)
2mn - Animation
An animated film by French auteur Émile Cohl, one of the earliest examples of hand-drawn film animation. Drawing inspiration from J. Stuart Blackton and the Incoherents of club Hydropathes, the film, with…
poster The Gold Obsession
The Gold Obsession
7mn - Fantasy, Comedy
An artist is painting the portrait of a young woman dressed in a country costume in his attic studio. The landlord demands the rent, but the artist has no money. The model tries to comfort him, but he thr…
poster The Diabolical Church Window
The Diabolical Church Window
7mn - Fantasy
Here we have an old scholar/alchemist brooding over a book, challenged by the devil, and going through the familiar sorcery to create a woman by throwing pieces of clothing against a stain-glass church wi…
poster The Rajah's Dream or The Bewitched Wood
The Rajah's Dream or The Bewitched Wood
2mn - Fantasy, Comedy
The picture opens with the Sultan lying down to rest on his luxurious cushioned couch. The scene changes to the grounds around the palace.
poster The Magic Book
The Magic Book
(3.1/5)
3mn - Fantasy
Characters from a large magic book come to life.
poster Tchin-Chao, the Chinese Conjurer
Tchin-Chao, the Chinese Conjurer
3mn - Comedy
A Chinese conjurer stands next to a table, it becomes two tables. A fan becomes a parasol, lanterns appear and disappear. The conjurer spins the open parasol in front of himself, and a dog leaps out from …
poster Madness of the Heart
Madness of the Heart
(3.1/5)
91mn - Romance, Drama
A blind Englishwoman weds a French nobleman and moves into his family's chateau, but she quickly realizes someone there wants her out of the way.
poster The Dream of an Opium Fiend
The Dream of an Opium Fiend
5mn - Fantasy
The opium fiend is seen in a den, puffing on this terrible narcotic. He then falls fast asleep and dreams that he is at home with his wife. He asks for something to drink and he is given wine, which he do…
poster The Haunted Castle
The Haunted Castle
(3.4/5)
3mn - Fantasy, Horror
In a medieval castle, a dark magician thought to be Mephistopheles conjures up a series of bizarre creatures and events in order to torment a pair of interloping cavaliers.
poster It's a Greek Life
It's a Greek Life
(2.6/5)
7mn - Animation
Mercury, the winged messenger, drops his sandals off with a centaur to be repaired. The centaur, who has coveted wings to the extent that he's used a couple ducks to help him fly, takes the sandals for a …
poster The Magic Dice
The Magic Dice
(2.6/5)
1mn - Comedy, Fantasy
Another magic short of Méliès.
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