Lost Illusions
2021 · Movie · 149 min. · France
Lucien is a young unknown poet in 19th century France. He has great hopes and wants to forge his destiny. He leaves the family printing house in his native province to try his luck in Paris on the arm of his patroness of the arts. Quickly left to fend for himself in this fabulous town, the young man will discover what goes on behind the scenes in this world devoted to the law of profit and pretense. An adaptation of Honoré de Balzac's novel "Les illusions perdues".
Direction Xavier Giannoli
Cast Benjamin Voisin · Cécile De France · Vincent Lacoste · Xavier Dolan · Salomé Dewaels · Jeanne Balibar · Gérard Depardieu · André Marcon · Louis-Do de Lencquesaing · Jean-François Stévenin · Alexis Barbosa · Arnaud de Montlivaut · Marie Cornillon · Saïd Amadis · Raphaël Magnabosco · Mathieu Cayrou · Morgane de Vargas · Michèle Clément · Aurélia Frachon
Screenplay Xavier Giannoli · Jacques Fieschi · Honoré de Balzac
Cinematography Christophe Beaucarne
Original title Illusions perdues
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