Alex Saveliev

Lost Illusions

By Alex Saveliev | June 2022

Xavier Giannoli’s cinematic adaptation of Honoré de Balzac’s Illusions perdues, Lost Illusions, happens to be the first to grace silver screens. The three-part novel…

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Xavier Giannoli's cinematic adaptation of Honoré de Balzac's Illusions perdues, Lost Illusions, happens to be the first to grace silver screens. The...

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