Lost Illusions

Name: Lost Illusions
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Released: June 10, 2022
Duration: 149 min
Rating: 81
Cast: Alexis Barbosa, André Marcon, Benjamin Voisin, Cécile De France, Gérard Depardieu

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Music Box Films | Release Date: June 10, 2022 | Not Rated

Starring: Alexis Barbosa, André Marcon, Benjamin Voisin, Cécile De France, Gérard Depardieu, Jean-François Stévenin, Jeanne Balibar, Louis-Do de Lencquesaing, Marie Cornillon, Salomé Dewaels, Vincent Lacoste, Xavier Dolan

Summary: Lucien de Rubempré (Benjamin Voisin) is an ambitious and unknown aspiring poet in 19th century France. He leaves his provincial town, arriving in Paris on the arm of his admirer, Louise de Bargeton (Cécile de France). Outmatched in elite circles, Lucien’s naive etiquette prompts Louise to retreat back to her husband, leaving the young poetLucien de Rubempré (Benjamin Voisin) is an ambitious and unknown aspiring poet in 19th century France. He leaves his provincial town, arriving in Paris on the arm of his admirer, Louise de Bargeton (Cécile de France). Outmatched in elite circles, Lucien’s naive etiquette prompts Louise to retreat back to her husband, leaving the young poet to forge a new path. Lucien makes a new friend in another young writer, Etienne Lousteau (Vincent Lacoste), who introduces him to the business of journalism where a salon of wordsmiths and wunderkinds make or break the reputations of actors and artists with insouciant impunity. Lucien 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. Xavier Giannoli’s sumptuous adaptation of Honoré de Balzac’s epic novel, Lost Illusions is a ravishing vision of the birth of modern media. … Expand

Director: Xavier Giannoli

Genre(s): Drama, History, Romance

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 149 min

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Kyle Smith

Jun 9, 2022

Lost Illusions is sumptuous yet piercing, an expertly plotted social-relations saga of the kind that once typified prestige Hollywood cinema, and it dives into moral quandaries rather than dispensing easy bromides. Read full review

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A.O. Scott

Jun 9, 2022

Giannoli illuminates the dank frenzy of the 19th-century attention economy with an eye on our own post-truth era. Lost Illusions is sensational. Nobody paid me to say that. Well, actually, The New York Times did, but you should believe me anyway. Read full review

Pat Padua

Jun 28, 2022

Harbor no illusions about Lost Illusions. It’s no stuffy costume drama. Just close your eyes and imagine its characters in modern dress, toiling away in digital publishing, and its wild delusions and deceptions could be happening right now. Read full review

Lovia Gyarkye

Jun 9, 2022

With its stellar performances, dramatic orchestral score and rich costume and set design, Illusions Perdues is a worthwhile, sweeping narrative of love, lust and literary ambition. Read full review

Alex Saveliev

Jun 21, 2022

Lost Illusions is certainly nothing we haven’t seen before, at least narratively. But it’s done very well. Sometimes, you just feel like having a good ol’ soufflé. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Sheila O'Malley

Jun 14, 2022

Xavier Giannoli's film adaptation of Balzac's book leans heavily on voiceover, so much so that some sequences are practically an audiobook with images attached. This could be seen as a negative, but in practice the voiceover-heavy sections are some of the film's most successful. Read full review

The Film Stage Ethan Vestby

Jun 9, 2022

By condensing a 600-page-plus epic into a two-and-a-half-hour film, the sense of thought and detail that immortalizes Balzac isn’t translated. Read full review

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Zeedraak

Dec 26, 2022

Beautifully filmed French costume drama, but it takes too long, it wasn't that entertaining to justify 150 minutes.

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