Illusions perdues = Lost illusions /

An aspiring poet joins a cynical team of journalists in nineteenth-century Paris. When he agrees to write rave reviews for bribes, achieving material success at the expense of his conscience, and soon discovers that the written word can be an instrument of both beauty and deceit in this sumptuous ad...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	Music Box Films (film distrubutor.)
Other Authors:	Giannoli, Xavier, 1972- (screenplay writer.), Fieschi, Jacques, 1948- (screenplay writer.), Voisin, Benjamin (Actor), Beaucarne, Christophe (director of photography.), Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850, France, Cécile de, 1975- (Actor), Lacoste, Vincent, 1993- (Actor)
Format:	Video
Language:	French
Language Notes:	In French; with English subtitles.
Published:	[Paris] : Gaumont, 2021.
Subjects:	Poets > Drama. Bribery > Drama. France > Social life and customs > 19th century > Drama. Bribery Manners and customs Poets France 1800-1899 Drama Feature films Fiction films Film adaptations Foreign films. Feature films. Fiction films. Film adaptations.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video (Kanopy)

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Summary:	An aspiring poet joins a cynical team of journalists in nineteenth-century Paris. When he agrees to write rave reviews for bribes, achieving material success at the expense of his conscience, and soon discovers that the written word can be an instrument of both beauty and deceit in this sumptuous adaptation of Honore de Balzac's epic novel, Lost Illusions.
Item Description:	Originally released as a motion picture in 2021.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (1 video file (2 hrs., 29 min., 30 sec.)) : sound, color
Production Credits:	Producers, Olivier Delbosc, Sidonie Dumas ; director, Xavier Giannoli ; screenplay writers, Xavier Giannoli and Jacques Fieschi ; cinematographer, Christophe Beaucarne.