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MOVIE2019 1h 34m USA
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
What begins as a documentary following the final tour of a dying magician - "The Amazing Johnathan" - becomes an unexpected and increasingly bizarre journey as the filmmaker struggles to separate truth from illusion.
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