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The Magic of Marciano

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Young James (Cody Morgan) lives in a small seaside town with his mentally fragile mother Katie (Nastassja Kinski) and her abusive boyfriend Curt (Jason Cairns). Isolated at home and at school, James survives by virtue of his active imagination and rich fantasy life. One day he encounters Henry (Robert Forster), a retired psychiatrist planning to sail around the world. James wonders if he has finally found a father figure -- but life, in this case, does not have such a simple solution.

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Audience Member Another virtually unknown film fest winner that really wasn't the least bit magical. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Audience Member It could have been a good and interesting movie, the idea of the story is good,but it was poorly written, badly acted and directed, I also believed that actors were wasted. I didn't like it, not even the bipolar problem was clear. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 01/13/23 Full Review Audience Member [img]http://images.rottentomatoes.com/images/user/statusicon/forum_old.gif[/img][i][b]The Magic of Marciano offered at the begining a pretty interesting plot, the problem is that the final result was a weak development that never kept me involved or interested. Natasja Kinski is a fine actress that could have had a most disturbing role, the psychologist of the picture seems to be absolutely unable to do something to help the main characters, the little guy's illness is never treated seriously... the movie just represents a lost opportunity... It's rotten.[/b][/i] Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/23/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Young James (Cody Morgan) lives in a small seaside town with his mentally fragile mother Katie (Nastassja Kinski) and her abusive boyfriend Curt (Jason Cairns). Isolated at home and at school, James survives by virtue of his active imagination and rich fantasy life. One day he encounters Henry (Robert Forster), a retired psychiatrist planning to sail around the world. James wonders if he has finally found a father figure -- but life, in this case, does not have such a simple solution.
Director
Tony Barbieri
Producer
Lila Cazès
Screenwriter
Tony Barbieri
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (DVD)
Aug 31, 2004
Runtime
1h 37m