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- With a well-chosen cast the actors do well to make their individual performances believable, particularly Taylor's efforts as the crazed and freak-like Magus, but the story itself lacks momentum and intrigue, instead, satisfying the viewer with realism and time-aged authenticity.
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“Simon Magus” creates a sinister subplot in which the evil Hase tries to trick Simon into taking a box with a Christian baby inside and hiding it in the rabbi’s house, so that a mob can discover it as proof that the Jews plan to eat it.
Mar 13, 2001 · Set in Poland in the late 19th Century, "Shine" actor Noah Taylor plays Simon Magus, a possessed, scarecrow-like outcast, whom most of the locals scorn and treat as the village idiot.
A seductive hybrid out of Christian lore, Yiddish folk tale and romantic fiction, writer/director Hopkins' first feature plays variations on the Brit historical costume drama.
Beautifully shot and lyrically told, Simon Magus is a beguiling study in contrasts, good and evil, darkness and light, hope and despair, joy and melancholy. Full Review | Jun 1, 2001
A beleaguered, much-diminished Jewish community in late 19th century Silesia is the setting for a mystical fairytale in which dreams, magic and conversations with the Devil (Ian Holm) all figure ...
Mar 30, 2001 · With its murky, phantasmagoric look and portrait of a world watched over by supernatural beings who meddle in human affairs whenever they choose, ''Simon Magus'' is one of the boldest...
Mar 9, 2001 · Set in a small 19th century European village on the verge of modernization, Simon Magus stars Noah Taylor as the visionary outcast who is the key to a struggle against the building a railway station.
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