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Illusions perdues

1966 · 1 season

A slow, literary plunge into provincial ambition and Parisian disillusion, more chamber drama than spectacle, rewarding patience with quiet bitterness.

Created by
Maurice Cazeneuve
Genres
Drama
Starring
Yves Rénier, Louis Arbessier, Anne Vernon
Overview
1819, Angouleme, France, a young ambitious poet, Lucien Chardon is introduced in the salon of Mme de Bargeton where meets the high society of the city. Lucien dreams of going to Paris to conquer the glory. But if Paris is the city where he can find fame, it is also that of great disappointments.

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Created by
Maurice Cazeneuve
Genres
Drama
Starring
Yves Rénier, Louis Arbessier, Anne Vernon
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • ambition
  • deception
  • class
  • identity
  • betrayal
Places
  • big city
  • small town
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour3
Realism8
Romance4
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity7
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Created by
Maurice Cazeneuve
Starring
Yves Rénier, Louis Arbessier, Anne Vernon, Janine Crispin, Lucien Barjon, Paul Bonifas, Nadia Gray, Elisabeth Wiener
Length
1 seasons, 4 episodes, 100 min each
Network
ORTF Télévision
Country
France
Languages
French

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