Directed by:
Xavier GiannoliScreenplay:
Xavier GiannoliCinematography:
Christophe BeaucarneCast:
Benjamin Voisin, Cécile de France, Vincent Lacoste, Xavier Dolan, Salomé Dewaels, Jeanne Balibar, Gérard Depardieu, André Marcon, Louis-Do de Lencquesaing (more)VOD (1)
Plots(1)
1821. Handsome poet Lucien (Benjamin Voisin, in a star-making turn) is poor, but highly ambitious. Failing to make a name for himself in his provincial hometown, he naively follows his married patroness (a radiant Cécile de France) to the glamorous beau monde of Paris. But Lucien has entered a society far more dangerous than he realised, and the venomous denizens of the salons (brought to life by a superb ensemble including Jeanne Balibar, Gérard Depardieu and Xavier Dolan) conspire to keep him out of their ranks. Lucien is forced to abandon his principles and find work at a low-brow newspaper, where his scathing critiques soon cause a sensation and arouse the interest of admirers and publishers. But in a society where profit and status rule, what is really left for Lucien? Epic in scope and impact, Lost Illusions is an eerily prescient fable bracingly attuned to the anxieties of the modern media age. Winner of seven 2022 César Awards including Best Picture, this is grand French cinema at its most lavish, and finest. (Palace Films)
(more)Cast
![Benjamin Voisin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/111/164111599_76075f.jpg)
Benjamin Voisin
Best movies:
Lost Illusions (2021)
The Mad Women's Ball (2021)
Summer of 85 (2020)
![Cécile de France](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/214/163214902_2d1351.jpg)
Cécile de France
Belgium
Best movies:
Mesrine: Killer Instinct (2008)
Lost Illusions (2021)
The Kid with a Bike (2011)
![Vincent Lacoste](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/730/160730609_a5750b.png)
Vincent Lacoste
Best movies:
Le Skylab (2011)
Winter Boy (2022)
Lost Illusions (2021)
![Xavier Dolan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/280/280544_a8380b.jpg)
Xavier Dolan
Canada
Best movies:
Laurence Anyways (2012)
I Killed My Mother (2009)
Les Amours imaginaires (2010)
![Salomé Dewaels](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/488/168488119_yhskxt.jpg)
Salomé Dewaels
Best movies:
Lost Illusions (2021)
The First, the Last (2016)
Working Girls (2020)
![Jeanne Balibar](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/442/162442376_3e42a5.png)
Jeanne Balibar
France
Best movies:
A Town Called Panic (2009)
Cold War (2018)
Who Knows (2001)
![Gérard Depardieu](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/529/160529108_0a4e75.png)
Gérard Depardieu
France
Best movies:
Jean de Florette (1986)
Two Men in Town (1973)
Shut Up! (2003)
![André Marcon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/188/158188137_dcbe7a.jpg)
André Marcon
Best movies:
Up, Down, Fragile (1995)
A Flame in My Heart (1987)
An Officer and a Spy (2019)
![Louis-Do de Lencquesaing](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/072/161072112_816e60.png)
Louis-Do de Lencquesaing
France
Best movies:
Between Two Worlds (2021)
Lost Illusions (2021)
A Happy Event (2011)
![Jean-François Stévenin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/525/161525796_5bc040.png)
Jean-François Stévenin
France
Best movies:
The French Revolution (1989) (TV movie)
Day for Night (1973)
Small Change (1976)
Alexis Barbosa
Best movies:
Lost Illusions (2021)
![Saïd Amadis](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/330/160330543_e0eb34.jpg)
Saïd Amadis
Algeria
Best movies:
Dernier été à Tanger (1987)
Lost Illusions (2021)
Secrets of State (2008)
Szandra Deáky
Best movies:
Lost Illusions (2021)
Just Sex and Nothing Else (2005)
Mathieu Cayrou
Best movies:
An Officer and a Spy (2019)
Lost Illusions (2021)
The Emperor of Paris (2018)
Raphaël Magnabosco
Best movies:
The Edge of the Blade (2023)
Lost Illusions (2021)
Step by Step (2016)
Michèle Clément
Best movies:
Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)
An Officer and a Spy (2019)
Lost Illusions (2021)
Marie Cornillon
Best movies:
Lost Illusions (2021)
How to Be a Good Wife (2020)
Angry Annie (2022)