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He is an experienced magician who is graceful and calm on the stage / but in reality he has to move to various performance venues for poor living expenses / from luxurious concert halls to shabby and remote taverns. What remains unchanged is his persistence in magic. While staying in a rural area in Scotland / the magician met a little girl. She marveled at the miraculous magic / so she secretly left her hometown and followed in the magician's footsteps. They moved to Edinburgh / and life became increasingly difficult. In order to satisfy the girl's trust in magic and yearning for a prosperous world / the magician had to find various ways to make money... The film won the 2010 European Film Festival Best Animated Film Award and the 2010 New York Film Critics Association Best Animated Film Award.
20世纪50年代末期，曾经风靡一时的剧场风云变幻，人们迷恋电视、迷恋摇滚，对于曾经伴随他们长大的各种杂耍则不再关注。他是一个经验丰富的魔术师，舞台上得体从容，现实中却不得不为了可怜的生活费而流转于各个表演场所，上至华贵的音乐厅，下至破落偏僻的小酒馆，不变的是他对魔术的执着。在苏格兰某个乡间逗留时，魔术师结识了一个小女孩，她感叹于那些神奇的魔法，于是偷偷离开故乡，转而追随魔术师的脚步。他们辗转来至爱