Lost Illusions

Comédie humaine is a movie starring Cécile de France, Gérard Depardieu, and Xavier Dolan. An adaptation of Honoré de Balzac's novel "Les illusions perdues".
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.