Největší kouzelnická legenda. Harry Houdini. Konkrétně jeho turné po Velké Británii v roce 1926. V té době se totiž světoznámý kouzelník seznámil se ženou jménem Mary McGregor (Catherine Zeta-Jones) a na první pohled se do ní zamiloval. Netušil však, že jeho čerstvá láska není úplně tím, čím se zdá být. Ve skutečnosti je to podvodnice, která chce Houdiniho (Guy Pearce) podvést a využít k tomu při jedné z kouzelnických seancí „ducha“ jeho matky. Bude se čarovat, podvádět i milovat.

Mel is transferred from a juvenile to an adult jail and is taken under the wing of Mark, Australia's most hated criminal, and Warren, a soon-to-be-paroled inmate. The parental love triangle that forms between them becomes their doom.

Placid Lake has always been different. As an odd fish in a sea of mediocrity, his brilliant ideas are bound to get him into more trouble than success. So when he finds himself flying off the school roof and breaking every bone in his body on graduation night, Placid decides to make a bid for the elusive normal life. To his parents' horror, he gets a normal job.

Meredith is a 35 year-old unmarried woman who arrives at a remote lighthouse island 1928 with her uncle the new head keeper.