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FRANCE · 1902

La Femme volante

Georges Méliès
magic illusion levitation stage performance early cinema spectacle
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Synopsis

After numerous exhibitions of the black art by the magician, he causes a handsome young woman to appear suspended in the air. She slowly turns until her head is pointed towards the floor and her feet toward the ceiling. She revolves in both directions, as though on a pivot, with apparently nothing to hold her.

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