A mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy -- full of obsession, deceit and jealousy with dangerous and deadly consequences.
This movie contains 38 potentially triggering events.
Not technically a pet, but a dove is killed by being crushed in a cage. The first time, the body of the dove is shown. The second time, the main character is led to believe he’ll kill the bird but the bird lives.
There's a "buried alive" scene in a coffin. Also, those big water tanks for "escaping tricks" are used in several scenes, and there are deaths involved... There's a mention of the magical assistant girl having to fold her body and get into a crammed space to do a trick, but not shown.
A character's fingers are shot off. Another character has his fingers cut off. These scenes are bloody, but otherwise there's not much violence or gore.