The Limit of Sleeping Beauty

Oct 21, 2017

1h 29m

★ 5.4

Overview

Aki is an unsuccessful 29-year-old actress who eventually became a magician's assistant. While pretending to be hypnotised on the stage, Aki finds the boundary between reality and illusion becoming increasingly vague. For Aki, the only beautiful memory she has was the time spent with her lover Kaito.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Studio3

King Records

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Cast

Aki Oria

Yuki Sakurai

Butch

Nino Furuhata

Ryu Goto

Ippei Sasaki

Saito

Masato Shinkawa

Maria

Junko Abe

Director Bito

Masayuki Shida

Fukusan

Tomoki Kimura

Tsubaki

Chiaki Kawamo

Bell Boy

Asuma

Joe

Ryo Narita

Master

Hatsuo Yamaya

Tokimeki Charlie

Shinnosuke Mitsushima

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7.1

Prometeo Deportado

Oct 1, 2010

In an unknown first world airport the arrival of an ecuadorian flight is heard. The 'members of the European Union' passby migration, while the 'others', in the other line, wait. In the middle of the claims, a group of ecuadorians is arrested. They are taken to the Room, where they wait to be deported. Seems like everyone hides something, like PROMETEO the young magician with his hands tied like a delinquent who has a 'magical' trunk as luggage. Time passes, a way of being, Ecuador happens in this waiting room. Seems like there is no possible exit. Meanwhile, a different but well-known way of life takes place. The only thing left as a promising way out is illusion.

5.0

Death Rite

Sep 5, 1975

While traveling to a resort in Tunisia, the magician and clairvoyant Professor Vestar befriends the idle millionaire Edouard Vangard and he offers a ride in his car. Vestar discloses to Edouard that he had had a premonition of a woman being murdered in a desert area.

6.2

Knightriders

Apr 10, 1981

A medieval reenactment troupe struggles to maintain its family-like dynamic amid pressure from local authorities, interest from talent agents, and their so-called king's delusions of grandeur.

6.3

Is Anybody There?

Apr 17, 2009

A young boy who lives in an old folks' home strikes up a friendship with a retired magician.

6.7

The Golden Voyage of Sinbad

Dec 20, 1973

Sinbad and his crew intercept a homunculus carrying a golden tablet. Koura, the creator of the homunculus and practitioner of evil magic, wants the tablet back and pursues Sinbad. Meanwhile, Sinbad meets the Vizier who has another part of the interlocking golden map, and they mount a quest across the seas to solve the riddle of the map.

6.9

West of Zanzibar

Nov 24, 1928

A magician seeks vengeance upon the man who paralyzed him and the illegitimate daughter he sired with the magician's wife.

8.0

The Magician

Jan 29, 2010

No overview available.

6.1

Oxygen

Nov 12, 1999

When housewife Frances Hannon is abducted and buried alive, detective Madeline Foster is brought in. With only 24 hours before Frances' oxygen runs out, Madeline pursues the trail laid by a killer calling himself Harry Houdini. After capturing him, Madeline brings Harry back to the police station, but is unable to get him to confess where Frances is buried. As time runs down, Harry gets inside the head of unstable, alcoholic Madeline.

5.3

The Magician

Mar 18, 1968

In a small provincial town, the magician Viktor Mikhailovich Kukushkin performed in a student dormitory. His tricks were not very complicated and did not make a great impression on the audience. But this evening was the beginning of friendship between the magician and the students.

8.2

The Prestige

Oct 19, 2006

A mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy -- full of obsession, deceit and jealousy with dangerous and deadly consequences.

0.0

Auto-hipnosis

Invalid Date

A failed writer relives the past since he's unable to write something new. His search for inspiration will make him delve into his mind and face his internal conflict.

6.2

The Escape Artist

May 28, 1982

The young and self-confident Danny bluffs at the local police-station that he will escape from prison within an hour. What follows is a flashback showing his childhood with his uncle and aunt, who are 'vaudeville'-artists themselves.

7.3

Guzaarish

Nov 16, 2010

Ethan, a magician rendered paralyzed in an accident, sets off a furor when he makes a petition to the court to end his own life.

7.3

The Illusionist

Jun 16, 2010

A French illusionist travels to Scotland to work. He meets a young woman in a small village. Their ensuing adventure in Edinburgh changes both their lives forever.

5.8

The Long Night

May 28, 1947

City police surround a building, attempting to capture a suspected murderer. The suspect knows there is no escape but refuses to give in.

6.8

Céline and Julie Go Boating

Sep 18, 1974

Julie, a daydreaming librarian, meets Céline, an enigmatic magician, and together they become the heroines of a time-warping adventure involving a haunted house, psychotropic candy, and a murder-mystery melodrama.