Illusion
Cast
Les mutins de Longueuil
Credits
Written by: 
Frédéric Back
Music: Normand Roger
Editing: André Long
Plot
A group of schoolchildren playing in an idyllic natural landscape are visited by a mysterious magician who entertains them with his transformations. But he soon proves sinister as he begins to transform the landscape into a grim, unsmiling metropolis.
Sinekatalog’s take
A gentle, painterly animation that starts in a natural paradise and turns, with a magician's help, into a bleak city. It carries an ecological warning with great visual beauty. Moving and accessible for all ages.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.5 / 10 (311 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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