Magic Realism Movies

After his mom leaves him and his little brother, Aaron is forced to help his abusive step-father with his credit card scam. Set in the East Bay Area,...

An 8-year old farm-girl teaches herself to fly, but when her favourite heifer gives birth to a male calf she ends up learning a harder lesson.

In this retelling of an Italian folktale, a man marries the youngest of three sisters and shares a very strange secret with her on their wedding...

Claymation adaptation of Kenji Miyazawa's short tale about a pair of hunters that, after getting lost on the mountains, find themselves looking for a...

No one could ever imagine that one day La Chingada Vieja would fall in love. Because she is always alone, because no one has ever turn to see her,...

An impulsive youngster, who is furious with his mother, seeks assistance from a scientist for a way to become an adult overnight. His wish is granted...

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,...

A man stays alone with his children in a half demolished house in the middle of a desolate field. His wife has just been killed by a grenade in a...

Yana is determined to leave her innocent days behind. Together with her sharp and shady friend Sheli, she sets out for an afternoon of mischief at...

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 man traveling in his truck on a desolate road...

At the end of an extraordinary situation in the village, when the people of the village cannot reach the government, they try to break a curse by...

Padraig, a guilt laden and grief stricken man seeks the help of an eccentric carpenter, John, to help him build a coffin for his already dead and...

Natasha is a lonely, middle-aged admin employee at the zoo who still lives at home with her mother. One day her life is turned upside down when she...

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

In 1995, during the Angolan civil war, Nayola sets out in search of her missing husband.

What do fictional characters do with the rest of their lives, once their stories have been told? This charmingly offbeat, deadpan fantasy attempts to...

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

Mariona realizes the distance formed between her and her friends when they go on an excursion together to the river pool they used to visit when they...

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...