Photo of Honoré de Balzac
Photo of Honoré de Balzac

Honoré de Balzac

“All humanity is passion; without passion, religion, history, novels, art would be ineffectual.”

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    LA BELLE NOISEUSE

    JACQUES RIVETTE France, 1991

    To the scratch of a nib and the squelch of paint, Rivette’s sonorous and newly restored drama, immerses us in the artistic process, as a battle of wills unfolds between Michel Piccoli’s aging painter and Emmanuelle Béart’s reluctant muse. Roll up your sleeves because things are getting messy.

    LOST ILLUSIONS

    XAVIER GIANNOLI France, 2021

    Winner of 7 César awards including Best Film, Xavier Giannoli’s lush adaptation of Balzac’s masterpiece smolders with the sins and pleasures of 19th-century Paris. Led by a dazzling Benjamin Voisin, this lavish parable of literary fame and moral decay elegantly mirrors our own era of misinformation.

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