Magic Realism Movies

Described as 'a fairytale with its roots in the worlds of dadaism and surrealism'.

Leopold Kohák married a rich widow a long time ago and now has nothing to do compared to his energetic wife. He's growing old and troubled by...

An independent young woman lives with her sisters, single mother, and frail grandmother in a quiet Mexican village in the 1960’s. Her mother...

A magic realist fable about invisible elves, financial collapse and the surprising power of belief, told through the story of an Icelandic woman - a...

A stranger arrives in Sarajevo and barges into Damir's reclusive world. Little by little she takes over his life. She absorbs his dreams, until...

Portrait of a Knight is a musical romance about the way in which historic ideals inform contemporary urban life. Rachel is a young archivist living...

Edwin was in a dilemma after his daughter ran away from home because she didn't get his blessing for her love affair. This condition makes him...

Oscar, a young sex worker, spends the night with an older client who introduces him to GHB and promises care. As the drug takes hold, reality...

An unemployed misfit falls in love with Freddie, her goldfish and as her search for work flounders her love for Freddie deepens and she feels her...

Vega hits something on the road, but there is nothing on the pavement. Looking for help, she meets Elvira, who tells her that she may have run over a...

A widowed veterinarian and his son who claims to speak to animals are captured by the Chinese mafia in 1920s Mexicali and forced into the...

Isa has been in a relationship with Vera for months. Although neither has any doubts, their relationship has developed like that of two girls playing...

Amid Guanajuato's vibrant streets, an aging filmmaker becomes a modern Don Quixote, joined by a spirited young animator as his loyal Sanchia....

Anna, the child of Swiss-Korean parents, is torn between her culture and identity. When a strange North Korean man magically appears in her wardrobe,...

A reflection on love and identity with detours towards magical realism, which winks at the oral tradition of coastal populations and introduces us to...

A kelp-horn-blowing man seems to be deeply drawn to a very particular whale. This is the story of a love triangle between the titular Whale Caller,...

Starring Masahiko Nishimura, "MADO(Window)" is an extremely closed, socially conscious drama based on a true story of the actual court case known as...

In a curious-looking old hospital, an elderly couple, Carlo and Clara, is waiting for their turn tenderly holding hands. There is a choice to be...

In the early 20th century, Lazar -a taciturn woodsman- asks the disenchanted portraitist Arkadi to immortalize his child. The execution of this...