A French ILLUSIONIST finds himself out of work & is of a dying breed of stage entertainers He is faced to accept increasingly obscure assignments in fringe theatres at garden parties & in bars & cafes He finds himself performing in a village pub off the west coast of Scotland where he encounters Alice a young woman where their ensuing adventure changes both their lives forever The story of THE ILLUSIONIST derived as a love letter catalogued by Centre National de la Cinematographie half a century ago This un-produced script has until now been transformed to film by the critically acclaimed creator of Belleville Rendez-vous Sylvain Chomet