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Summary
Lucien de Rubempré, a young, lower-class poet, leaves his family's printing house for Paris. Soon, he learns the dark side of the arts business as he tries to stay true to his dreams.
Good for
- Date night
- Friends night
- Teens
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics like it more than audiences (+10)
Critics 87Audiences 77GoodWatch 82
Tomatometer93%
Metascore81
Audience score89%
Letterboxd · 39 K ratings3.8/5
IMDb7.4
User score6.9
Box office
41%of its budget back
- Budget
- $21 M
- Worldwide
- $9 M
Worldwide it made back $9 M of the $21 M it cost.
Running time
2 h 29 min
Longer than 9 in 10 dramas, +40 min on the typical 109
typical 109149Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 23 countries, rent or buy in 16 more
+13Released
2021
October 20, 2021
5 years ago
Genres
DramaRomanceHistoryLanguage
French
Original language
Made in
- Belgium
- France
24 of 37
Benjamin VoisinLucien de Rubempré
Cécile de FranceLouise de Bargeton
Vincent LacosteÉtienne Lousteau
Xavier DolanNathan d'Anastazio
Salomé DewaelsCoralie
Jeanne BalibarMarquise d'Espard
André MarconBaron du Châtelet
Louis-Do de LencquesaingFinot
Gérard DepardieuDauriat
Jean-François StéveninSingali
Alexis BarbosaNobleman
Arnaud de MontlivaultThe Pathetic Customer
Saïd AmadisMatifat
Édouard MichelonHenri de Marsay
Raphael MagnaboscoAntiochus
Maryne BertieauxÈve
Michèle ClémentBourgeoise- MCManon CrépelA Passerby
- ATArnaud ToussaintA Passerby
- TFThibault FraisseNobleman at Cafe
Candice BouchetFlorine
Jean-Marie FrinCamusot
Isabelle De HertoghBérénice
Estelle BaldassinProstitute of the Louvre Gardens
Directing · 2
- Xavier Giannoli Director, Scenario Writer, Adaptation, Dialogue
- Mathieu Schiffman First Assistant Director
Writing · 3
- Yves Stavrides Writer
- Honoré de Balzac Novel
- Jacques Fieschi Dialogue, Adaptation
Production · 7
- Christine de Jekel Executive Producer
- Olivier Delbosc Producer
- Sidonie Dumas Producer
- Michaël Laguens Casting
- Sylvain Goldberg Co-Producer
- Cédric Iland Co-Producer
Camera · 1
- Christophe Beaucarne Director of Photography
Editing · 2
- Cyril Nakache Editor
- Riwanon Le Beller Additional Editing
Sound · 3
- François Musy Sound
- Didier Lozahic Sound
- Renaud Musy Sound
Art · 5
- Riton Dupire-Clément Production Design
- Agnes Demaegot Set Decoration
- Etienne Rohde Supervising Art Director
- Fathi El Aihar Other
- Bruno Via Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up · 2
- Pierre-Jean Larroque Costume Design
- Morgane Bellefet Costumer
Visual Effects · 3
- Julien Meesters Visual Effects Supervisor
- Arnaud Fouquet Visual Effects Supervisor
- My Lan Nguyen Quang Visual Effects
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