The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus is a 2009 fantasy film directed by Terry Gilliam and written by Gilliam and Charles McKeown. The film follows a travelling theatre troupe whose leader, having made a bet with the Devil, takes audience members through a magical mirror to explore their imaginations and present them with a choice between selffulfilling enlightenment or gratifying ignorance.

Doctor Parnassus Plummer theatre troupe, which includes sleight of hand expert Anton Garfield, confidant Percy Troyer, and Parnassus daughter Valentina Cole, performs outside a London pub. A drunk Richard Riddell barges onstage and crashes through a stage mirror, where his face changes Bruce Crawford, and he enters a journey of imagination that culminates in a choice between a torturouslooking twelvestep program and going to a pub. He enters the pub, but it explodes in the real world, Parnassus says he has lost another one to Mr. Nick Waits.Mr. Nick reminds Parnassus that in three days Valentina turns 16, and her soul will be his. Drinking and playing tarot, Parnassus tells Valentina that, centuries earlier, he ran a monastery where monks perpetually recited stories to sustain the world. Mr. Nick challenged their beliefs by sealing their mouths. The world survived, but Parnassus claimed it was because of stories told elsewhere. Mr. Nick had bet Parnassus who could win more souls. Parnassus won twelve souls before Mr. Nick, and gained immortality. ........

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