'Lost Illusions' Review: The Sweet Smell of Success - The New York Times

Xavier Giannoli’s headlong adaptation of a Balzac novel paints a timely picture of literary ambition and media corruption in 19th-century France.

Lucien has pouty good looks and ostensible literary talent. The baron and Mme. de Bargeton have connections to the Marquise dEspard (Jeanne Balibar), a powerful figure in royalist circles. What seeme… [+1294 chars]

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