# El gran Houdini (2007)

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**Original title**: *Death Defying Acts*
**Runtime**: 97 min
**Genres**: Drama, Romance
**Directed by**: Gillian Armstrong
**Written by**: Tony Grisoni, Brian Ward
**Starring**: Catherine Zeta-Jones, Guy Pearce, Timothy Spall, Saoirse Ronan, Malcolm Shields, Leni Harper

> *Love is inescapable*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

A showman’s ego meets a con artist’s ambition in 1926 Britain. Harry Houdini’s tour turns flirtatious when a clairvoyant targets his wallet and heart. The stuntman’s double life makes for a trick he didn’t rehearse.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, tender

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