Director
Ildikó Enyedi
Composer
Massive Attack, Brian Eno, Plank Cluger, János Másik, Jah Bobble Spinner
Cast
Péter Andorai, Julie Delarme, Péter Halász
Edition 2000
100'
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1999
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Drama
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Dialogue:
Hungarian, French
Filmmaker Ildikó Enyedi, best known for ‘My Twentieth Century’, directed this blend of drama and fantasy. Péter Andorai stars as Simon, a magus (mystical magician) who makes his way wandering from town to town. After helping police offers uncover a murderer by using a stale old magician's technique, a rival magus offers him a challenge: recreate one of Houdini's most dangerous stunts, in which he would be buried in the ground for three days. Meanwhile, Simon meets an attractive woman with whom he strikes up a relationship, but while she wants sex, his needs are more spiritual. ‘Simon Mágus’ won awards for directing, acting and cinematography at the 1999 Hungarian Film Week Festival. (Mark Deming)
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Directors
Ildikó Enyedi
Composers
Massive Attack, Brian Eno, Plank Cluger, János Másik, Jah Bobble Spinner
Cast
Péter Andorai, Julie Delarme, Péter Halász
Scenario
Ildikó Enyedi
Director of Photography
Tibor Máthé
Editors
Mária Rigó
Producers
Ildikó Enyedi, Jolán Árvai, Joel Farges, Elise Jalladeau, Péter Miskolczi
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Dialogue
Hungarian, French
Countries of production
Hungary, France
Year
1999
Filmography
Ildikó Enyedi
Flirt: Hipnózis (short, 1979), Invasion (short, 1986), Mole (1987), My Twentieth Century (1989), Magic Hunter (1994), A Gyár (1995), Tamas and Juli (1997), Simon, the Magician (1999), From Europe Into Europe: Segment 8 (short, 2004), First Love (short, 2008), On Body and Soul (2017), The Conservations of Donkey and Rabbit (short, 2020), The Story of My Wife (2021)