Stockholm, Pennsylvania
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Cast & Crew
Nikole Beckwith
Saoirse Ronan
Cynthia Nixon
Jason Isaacs
Nikole Beckwith
Film Details
Synopsis
Wei Ling Soo is the most celebrated magician of his age, but few know that he is the stage persona of Stanley Crawford, an arrogant Englishman with a sky-high opinion of himself and an aversion to phony spiritualists' claims that they can perform real magic. Persuaded by his life-long friend, Howard Burkan, Stanley goes on a mission to the Côte d'Azur mansion of the Catledge family: mother Grace, son Brice, and daughter Caroline. He presents himself as a businessman named Stanley Taplinger in order to debunk the alluring young clairvoyant Sophie Baker who is staying there with her mother. From his very first meeting with Sophie, Stanley dismisses her as an insignificant pip-squeak who he can unmask in no time. To his great surprise and discomfort, however, Sophie accomplishes numerous feats of mind-reading and other supernatural deeds that defy all rational explanation, leaving him dumbfounded. Before long, Stanley begins to wonder whether Sophie's powers could actually be real.
