journalist reincarnated mystical figure magician movie

A young journalist seeks out the great magician Kreskin to uncover his secrets.

Winner of the World Amateur Film of the Year, The Magic Man stars Rowel Friers (Artist and Political Cartoonist) as Mesmero, a magician who tours with his wife around remote villages with their magic and mind-reading act. When three local thugs convince themselves that the magic man will reveal their crimes to the police, they hatch a plan to steal his mind-reading glasses. However, things go awry and the brutes get more than they bargained for.

A modern reimagining of the trick film, combining the love of spectacle, the artist's process and the dark state of today's politics.