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- 2001
- Fireworks Pictures
- 1 h 41 m
- 2001
- Fireworks Pictures
- 1 h 41 m
Summary 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.
Directed By: Ben Hopkins
Written By: Rob Cheek, Ben Hopkins
- 2001
- Fireworks Pictures
- 1 h 41 m
- 2001
- Fireworks Pictures
- 1 h 41 m
Simon Magus
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Summary 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.
Directed By: Ben Hopkins
Written By: Rob Cheek, Ben Hopkins
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 16 Critic Reviews
47
31% Positive
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
56% Mixed
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
13% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 16 Critic Reviews
47
31% Positive
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
56% Mixed
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
13% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
An odd but original, at times even poetic, film about a vanished world.
An elegant, haunting folktale.
Like its namesake, this Simon Mágus is wise and elemental, sure to leave you pensive afterward.
This historical fantasy is too ambitious for its own good, but contains some striking imagery and likable performances.
The film has a persuasive murkiness and one extended mythopoetic final sequence that's almost moving in its silence.
The brainchild of English director Ben Hopkins, who takes his time getting going. Too much time, really, as the first hour passes rather antsily, without quite achieving forward motion.
Unfocused and shrill.
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Awards
Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
Berlin International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
Molodist Kyiv International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
