
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.
Cast

Benjamin Voisin
Lucien de Rubempré

Cécile de France
Louise de Bargeton

Vincent Lacoste
Étienne Lousteau

Xavier Dolan
Nathan d'Anastazio

Salomé Dewaels
Coralie

Jeanne Balibar
Marquise d'Espard

André Marcon
Baron du Châtelet

Louis-Do de Lencquesaing
Finot

Gérard Depardieu
Dauriat

Jean-François Stévenin
Singali

Alexis Barbosa
Nobleman

Arnaud de Montlivault
The Pathetic Customer

Saïd Amadis
Matifat

Édouard Michelon
Henri de Marsay

Raphael Magnabosco
Antiochus

Maryne Bertieaux
Ève

Michèle Clément
Bourgeoise
Manon Crépel
A Passerby
Arnaud Toussaint
A Passerby
Thibault Fraisse
Nobleman at Cafe

Candice Bouchet
Florine

Jean-Marie Frin
Camusot

Isabelle De Hertogh
Bérénice

Estelle Baldassin
Prostitute of the Louvre Gardens

Sandrine Molaro
The Landlady

Benoît Tachoires
The Director of Bas Rouge
Patrick Pessis
The Director of Bérénice

Jean-Paul Muel
Bargeton

Pierre Poirot
The Genealogist

Gaëlle Lebert
The Véfour Customer

Caroline Gaget
The Servant

Armand Eloi
The Opera Controller

Jean-Paul Bordes
The Director of "Réveil"

Julien Sibre
The Bas Rouge Gatekeeper
Éric Guého
The Argentinian
Capucine Daumas
The Lyrical Singer

Jérémie Bédrune
Editor of "Le Corsaire"
Crew

Xavier Giannoli
Director, Scenario Writer, Dialogue
Yves Stavrides
Writer

Jacques Fieschi
Adaptation

Honoré de Balzac
Novel
Cyril Nakache
Editor
Riwanon Le Beller
Additional Editing

Christophe Beaucarne
Director of Photography

Christine de Jekel
Executive Producer

Sidonie Dumas
Producer

Olivier Delbosc
Producer

Emilien Bignon
Associate Producer

Sylvain Goldberg
Co-Producer

Cédric Iland
Co-Producer
Riton Dupire-Clément
Production Design
Michaël Laguens
Casting
Pierre-Jean Larroque
Costume Design
Etienne Rohde
Supervising Art Director
My Lan Nguyen Quang
Visual Effects
Agnes Demaegot
Set Decoration
Bruno Via
Art Direction
Fathi El Aihar
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