Movie

The Magus

1968 · 117 min

A disorienting plunge into psychological games where reality keeps shifting, leaving you unsettled and questioning what is real.

Tagline: Between mystery and manipulation, where reality slips away and illusions dominate.
Overview: A teacher on a Greek island becomes involved in bizarre mind-games with the island's magus (magician) and a beautiful young woman.
How it feels: Eerie, tense, melancholic and dark. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Identity, obsession, deception, power
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: eeriestrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
obsession
deception
power
isolation
Places: small town
single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
unreliable narrator
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild