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Illusions perdues = Lost illusions / Gaumont présente ; une production Curiosa Films et Gaumont, France 3 Cinéma, Pictanovo Hauts-de-France, Gabriel Inc., Umedia ; scénario, Xavier Giannoli ; adaptation et dialogues Jaques Fieschi et Xavier Giannoli ; produit par Olivier Delbosc et Sidonie Dumas ; un film de Xavier Giannoli.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: MBFHE-186 | Music Box FilmsLanguage: French Original language: French Subtitle language: English Publisher: Chicago, IL : Music Box Films, [2022]Copyright date: ©2022Description: 1 videodisc (150 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
Other title:
  • Lost illusions
Related works:
  • Based on (work): Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850. Illusions perdues
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits:
  • Cinematography by Christophe Beaucarne ; editing, Cyril Nakache ; production design, Riton Dupire-Clément ; costumes, Pierre-Jean Larroque.
Cast: Benjamin Voisin, Cécile De France, Vincent Lacoste, Xavier Dolan, Salomé Dewaels, Jeanne Balibar, André Marcon, Louis-Do de Lencquesaing, Gérard Depardieu, Jean-François Stévenin.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.
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Adult DVD Adult DVD Main Library DVD WORLD ILLUSION Available 33111009977865
Adult DVD Adult DVD Northport Library DVD WORLD ILLUSION Checked out 05/21/2024 33111009977857
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

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.

DVD; NTSC, region 1; widescreen 2.39, Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound or 2.0 stereo.

French dialogue; English subtitles.

Benjamin Voisin, Cécile De France, Vincent Lacoste, Xavier Dolan, Salomé Dewaels, Jeanne Balibar, André Marcon, Louis-Do de Lencquesaing, Gérard Depardieu, Jean-François Stévenin.

Cinematography by Christophe Beaucarne ; editing, Cyril Nakache ; production design, Riton Dupire-Clément ; costumes, Pierre-Jean Larroque.

Widescreen.

Title from disc surface.

Based on the novel by Honoré de Balzac.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2021.

Bonus features: The cast on Lost illusions; The beauty of Lost illusions; Photo gallery; Theatrical trailer.

MPAA Rating: Not rated.

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.

For private home use only.

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