The Illusionist is one of a dying breed of stage entertainers. With emerging rock stars stealing his thunder in the late 1950s he is forced to accept increasingly obscure assignments in fringe theatres at garden parties & in bars & cafés. However whilst performing in a village pub off the west coast of Scotland he encounters Alice an innocent young girl who will change his life forever. The Illusionist is a love letter from a father to his daughter. For Sophie Tatischeff the daughter of Jacques Tati comedy genius & French cinema legend this touching correspondence could not be left undelivered. Catalogued in the CNC (Centre National de la Cinématographie) archives under the impersonal moniker ‘ Film Tati Nº 4’ this un-produced script has waited half a century for hands to flick through its pages & realize its potential. Those eager hands belonged to Sylvain Chomet the Oscar nominated & critically acclaimed creator of The Triplets of Belleville/ Belleville Rendezvous who enthusiastically rose to the challenge to fulfil an impossible dream – to once again bring the magic of the incomparable Jacques Tati to life.