Lost Illusions

About Lost Illusions

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.

Xavier Giannoli's Lost Illusions is a 2021 history romance film. At 149 minutes long, it arrived in October 2021.

The film is filed under critical, poet, affair, and theatre. The story is adapted from a novel.

Benjamin Voisin appears as Lucien de Rubempré, Cécile de France as Louise de Bargeton, Vincent Lacoste as Étienne Lousteau, and Xavier Dolan as Nathan d'Anastazio. The screenplay is by Yves Stavrides. In the United States it streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and Brew.

Interview with the Vampire, Moulin Rouge!, and Nosferatu make useful companions to Lost Illusions, all filed under 19th century and 1830s. TMDB voters put it at 7.4 out of 10 across 581 votes.