Benjamin Voisin (‘Summer of 85’) stars in this adaptation of Balzac’s novel about a young man who moves to Paris for love and artistic ambition. By Lovia Gyarkye Arts & Culture Critic Several factors ...

In France, the names Rastignac and Rubempré serve as a kind of shorthand even today — two iconic characters who signify opposite sides of the same vice. Both prominent players in Honoré de Balzac’s ...

There is an intoxicating smugness to Xavier Giannoli’s new adaptation of Honoré de Balzac’s “Illusions perdue,” as though this filmmaker couldn’t wait to shove this movie right in the faces of every ...