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Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2012: #71. Sebastián Silva’s Magic, Magic

Rooted in his backdrop of his native Chile, I’m curious in seeing how Sebastián Silva’s might move into a genre item that we normally associate to the Guillermo del Toro’s of the business especially after work on minimalist portraits of The Maid and Old Cats. We like three of the actresses he has managed to package in this horror thriller.

IONCINEMA.com Top 100 Films

#71. Magic, Magic

Director/Writer: Sebastián Silva
Producers: Killer Films’ Christine Vachon and Pamela Koffler, David Bernad, Frida Torresblanco (Rudo y Cursi) and actor/scribe Mike White
Distributor: Rights Available

The Gist: This is the story of a girl on vacation in Chile with some friends, Alicia begins to lose her mind when she starts seeing disturbing images which seem to be visible only to her...(more)

Cast: Emily Browning, Michael Cera, Juno Temple and Catalina Sandino Moreno

List Worthy Reasons…: Rooted in his backdrop of his native Chile, I’m curious in seeing how Sebastián Silva’s might move into a genre item that we normally associate to the Guillermo del Toro’s of the business especially after work on minimalist portraits of The Maid and Old Cats. We like three of the actresses he has managed to package in this horror thriller.

Release Date/Status?: We look forward to further production updates (currently this is still in pre-production) as they’ll confirm whether this has a shot at a 2012 or 2013 calendar release.

 
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Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).

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