Lost Illusions

Lost Illusions is an adaptation of Balzac's classic novel about a young idealist who learns that anything can be bought and sold.

Critic Reviews:

• " Filmed on location with a star-studded cast (several of whom have acted in other Balzac adaptations), the film takes evident delight in its portrait of what Walter Benjamin called the “capital of the nineteenth century. " – Victoria Baena (The New York Review of Books)

• " Giannoli and Fieschi … have attempted to absorb Balzac’s novel as a whole, retain its essential structure and gist, while rewriting the actual dialogue, reworking individual situations and changing certain characterizations. " – David Walsh (World Socialist Web Site)

• " An immensely satisfying combination of playful tone, vitality, irreverent wit and fine performances make this sumptuous period drama as outstanding as it is modern, and relevant to the media and its influencers in the world today. " – Jane Freebury (The Canberra Times, Australia)