Period drama has a bad name, especially period drama drawn from literary classics, but there is a European tradition of grand historical films that match their sources’ canonical status with the ...
Music Box has acquired Xavier Giannoli‘s “Lost Illusions,” a sprawling costume drama with Benjamin Voisin (“Summer of 85”) and Xavier Dolan (“Mommy”), that competed at the Venice Film Festival and ...
Benjamin Voisin (‘Summer of 85’) stars in this adaptation of Balzac’s novel about a young man who moves to Paris for love and artistic ambition. By Lovia Gyarkye Arts & Culture Critic Several factors ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There is an intoxicating smugness to Xavier Giannoli’s new adaptation of Honoré de Balzac’s “Illusions perdue,” as though this ...
UPDATE, writethru: Xavier Giannoli’s Lost Illusions (Illusions Perdues) scooped the Best Film prize at France’s César Awards this evening in Paris. Along with the top honor, the period drama adapted ...
Following its Venice Film Festival bow and seven César Awards including for Best Film, Lost Illusions was the top weekend title at two core NYC arthouses — taking $10,850 of its estimated $13,579 ...