Lost Illusions vs Promise at Dawn
Lost Illusions has the higher audience score (7.4/10 against 7.3/10 for Promise at Dawn). Promise at Dawn is the shorter watch at 2h 10m compared with 2h 29m. Promise at Dawn is the older of the two (2017 against 2021). Both are drama, history, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Lost Illusions
Promise at Dawn| Lost Illusions | Promise at Dawn | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.4/10 | ★ 7.3/10 |
| Year | 2021 | 2017 |
| Length | 2h 29m | 2h 10m |
| Genres | Drama, History, Romance | Drama, History, Romance, War |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Xavier Giannoli | Eric Barbier |
| Main cast | Gérard Depardieu, André Marcon, Louis-Do de Lencquesaing, Xavier Dolan, Jean-François Stévenin | Catherine McCormack, Pierre Niney, Bastien Bouillon, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Arieh Worthalter |
Synopsis
Lost Illusions
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.
Promise at Dawn
From his childhood in Poland to his adolescence in Nice to his years as a student in Paris and his tough training as a pilot during World War II, this tragi-comedy tells the romantic story of Romain Gary, one of the most famous French novelists and sole writer to have won the Goncourt Prize for French literature two times.
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