Humanities Now! Film Club with Alliance Française de York

Join us for this screening of Illusions Perdues and enjoy the best of French cinema (with English subtitles). This is the first session of a series of free screenings of French and Francophone films organised by the School of Humanities at York St John University in collaboration with the Alliance Française de York. From historical classics to genre-bending films and literary adaptations, we hope to widen access to Francophone cultures and French history in our city. All films will have English subtitles to be accessible for all.

Starring Benjamin Voisin and Cécile de France, Illusions perdues is an adaptation of the novel by Honoré de Balzac. Lucien (Benjamin Voisin) is a young poet in nineteenth-centuryFrance. He has high hopes to become famous and inscribe his name in the annals of French literature. He leaves his family business in the countryside and comes to the city of lights, Paris. Left to his own devices in this city, the young man will discover the backstage ongoings of the publishing world. This historical drama is set against the backdrop of a lawless industry where only the most ambitious succeed. Will Lucien survive his illusions of fame and success, or will he have to face reality and abandon his dreams? The film lasts 150 minutes and is PG-rated.

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