Beautiful, multi-levelled, multi-stranded, straightforward, intelligent, tightly plotted and compulsively watchable and involving would recommend to anyone. And if you have any interest in mechanisms... Read more
, film, a seamlessly realised Paris between the wars, or magic (real or otherwise) you just have to see this thing.Sacha Baron Cohen the only slightly grating feature as the station inspector, but that said, his slightly panto performance does remove much authoritarian threat from him, and allows him to be a figure of genuine pathos - so maybe I'm being a bit harsh...
All the actors are first rate, and watch for the adolescent leads as both turns have the potential to push them further into the spotlight.