Lost Illusions

Via the New York Times: “The Hungarian director Gyula Gazdag has transposed the middle section of Balzac’s “Lost Illusions” from Paris in the mid-19th century to the Budapest of 1968… it tells of Laszlo Sardi – Balzac’s Lucien Chardon – and his efforts to launch his literary career amid the snobbery and sophistication of a big city.”