Movie
Lost Illusions
20212h 29m7.4 / 10
Criticism is easy, and art is difficult
Lucien de Rubempré, a young, lower-class poet, leaves his family's printing house for Paris. Soon, he learns the dark side of the arts business as he tries to stay true to his dreams.
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Checked Sep 1, 2026
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Synopsis
Lucien de Rubempré, a young, lower-class poet, leaves his family's printing house for Paris. Soon, he learns the dark side of the arts business as he tries to stay true to his dreams.
More about Lost Illusions
Cast
Benjamin VoisinLucien de Rubempré
Cécile de FranceLouise de Bargeton
Vincent LacosteÉtienne Lousteau
Xavier DolanNathan d'Anastazio
Salomé DewaelsCoralie
Jeanne BalibarMarquise d'Espard
André MarconBaron du Châtelet
Louis-Do de LencquesaingFinotCredits
- Directed by
- Xavier Giannoli
- Written by
- Yves Stavrides, Honoré de Balzac
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- French
- Original title
- Illusions perdues
- Budget
- $20.8M
- Box office
- $8.6M
Production
Curiosa FilmsFrance
France 3 CinémaFrance
PictanovoFrance
uMediaBelgium
GaumontFrance- Gabriel Inc.France
Themes
1830s1840s19th centuryaffairbased on novel or bookcriticalparis, francepoet
