Trance
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Trance

Let me put my spell on you

4.5 / 10 2002 1h 27mR English
HorrorDramaFantasyComedy

Storyline

Catherine Leoni is a connoisseur of the illusionary arts. She learned her craft from her grandfather, Henry Santorini, a master magician with a disgraced past. Now in search of the fine line between reality and magic, she travels to Death Valley with her gangster husband Robert to meet Taylor Black, a mysterious magician who is about to replicate Santorini’s ruinous past. Adding to the mystery is Wally, who claims he can smell ectoplasm, and Robert’s hit man Bongo. Under Black’s power, Catherine is forced to make a choice…find her own power or succumb to the TRANCE and the seduction of magic. This was the Best Fantasy Feature winner at the New York International Independent Film Festival yet remains obscure.

Cast & Crew

Martin Kove

Martin Kove

Robert Leoni

Lead
Tane McClure

Tane McClure

Catherine Santorini

Bruce Abbott

Bruce Abbott

Taylor Black

Robert Z'Dar

Robert Z'Dar

Bongo

Lauren Hays

Lauren Hays

Susan

Harrison Young

Harrison Young

Henry Santorini

WW

Wade Wallace

Wally

Amy Rochelle

Amy Rochelle

Tyra

What People Are Saying

3.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Gary Orona's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Trance is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker