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Illusione (1983)
89 min | Mystery

Illusione (1983)

89 min | Mystery

Johnny is an illusionist who tours the various local theaters with his magic box act. The act involves his wife, Ramona, who steps into a large box which is then pierced with swords and knives. A crank is turned and sausages emerge from ...See moreJohnny is an illusionist who tours the various local theaters with his magic box act. The act involves his wife, Ramona, who steps into a large box which is then pierced with swords and knives. A crank is turned and sausages emerge from the other side which are then offered to the audience. One night when he opens the box the audience reaction is unusually ecstatic. Johnny looks inside and discovers to his horror that his wife is no longer there. She has simply vanished. His colleagues and the director of the theatre ask him how he managed to make the woman disappear, but Johnny has no idea how it happened. He rushes off to look for her. He returns to his home town where he first met her and visits her mother. He goes back to all the places of his childhood and to all the possible places where he might find her. But his search is fruitless. He begins to realize that he was living in a dream world before, but the sudden jolt caused by Ramona's disappearance has now made him feel oddly much more alive. The show must go on, however, and he must find another woman to replace Ramona. Life goes with its daily engagements and commitments. Johnny, having once had a glimpse of objective reality, feels its intensity fading away. Ramona turns up unexpectedly one evening - but only for a moment. She slips away again, leaving Johnny bewildered. When he finally finds her he realizes that she, like he and everyone else, has only played her own rôle in a world of habits and conventions that has little to do with reality. Johnny sadly comes to understand that life is closer to a dream, an illusion, and that objective reality (that which makes us feel intensely alive and separates us from the dream) is almost always out of our reach. Written by Paolo Mereghetti See less

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Name	Known for
Dino Conti Johnny Pista Johnny Pista See fewer	Inferno (I) (2016)
Adelheid Koch Ramona Pista (as Adelheid Kock) Ramona Pista (as Adelheid Kock) See fewer	Illusione (1983)
Franca Maria De Monti Sissy Dollar Sissy Dollar See fewer	Romanzo siciliano (2016)
Milva Sarah Schupita Sarah Schupita See fewer	Biblioteca di Studio Uno (1964)
John Rapley Johnny's stepfather Johnny's stepfather See fewer	The Elephant Man (1980)
Valerie Lush Johnny's mother Johnny's mother See fewer	Little Lord Fauntleroy (1976)
Ruth Kettlewell Johnny's stepmother Johnny's stepmother See fewer	No Blade of Grass (1970)
Günther Hellmich Frank Kula / Rosa Foka Frank Kula / Rosa Foka See fewer	Illusione (1983)
Apollos Acrobatic duo Acrobatic duo See fewer	Illusione (1983)
Alessandro Balducci Il Presentatore Il Presentatore See fewer	Un eroe borghese (1995)
Raniero Gonnella Nivola Nivola See fewer	No Diamonds for Ursula (1967)
Mary Laaf Actress Actress See fewer	Illusione (1983)
Lorenz Stuedli Lorenz Lorenz See fewer	Illusione (1983)
Figlia Tallas Arabella Arabella See fewer	Illusione (1983)
Padre Tallas Jussuf Jussuf See fewer	Illusione (1983)

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