Synopsis:
Believing utterly in the power of illusion to sell, Jon Shale promotes art from his fantasised studio. One of his string of artists, Patrick Lownes, has had an affair with Miranda, a friend of Jon's. Soon after the artist commits suicide. Obsessed with his own powers of illusion, Jon convinces Miranda, herself a slick sales demonstrator, that though extremely talented, Patrick's paintings were impossible to sell and he knew it. The suicide was a bid for immortality. Later, Jon is forced to judge as worthless some paintings left to his cleaner by Patrick. Jon is devastated by the revelation. Now it is Miranda who forces him to recognise her ability by marshalling her marketing techniques to restore his ego and so create Jon's ultimate illusion.
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