Illusions perdues

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. A human comedy where everything can be bought or sold, literary success like the press, politics like sentiments, reputations like souls.

Balzac’s novel reveals the matrix of the modern world, that moment when an entire civilization was about to surrender to the rule of profit. I wanted to prolong that movement thanks to cinema, taking any liberties with the original text that would allow for expressing its spirit.

PRODUCTION 1: Olivier Delbosc – Curiosa Films
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PRODUCTION 2: Sidonie Dumas – Gaumont
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92200 – Neuilly-Sur-Seine, France
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OTHER COPRODUCTIONS: France 3 Cinéma

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