What kind of story is Magic in the Moonlight?

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Woody Allen speaking into a microphone with hands raised beside his face during a press conference, against a red background. — Woody Allen American director Woody Allen attending a press conference for *Café Society* before the opening of the 69th Cannes film festival, 2016.

Magic in the Moonlight (2014) is a romantic farce directed by Woody Allen. The story follows a magician, played by Colin Firth, who attempts to prove that a psychic, portrayed by Emma Stone, is a fraud.1