Coming Soon to
St James Theatre
French adaptation of Balzac's classic novel about a young idealist who learns that anything can be bought and sold.
French adaptation of Balzac's classic novel about a young idealist who learns that anything can be bought and sold.
1821. Handsome poet Lucien (Benjamin Voisin) is poor, but highly ambitious. Failing to make a name for himself in his provincial hometown, he naively follows his married patroness (Cécile de France) to the glamorous beau monde of Paris. But Lucien has entered a society far more dangerous than he realised, and the venomous denizens of the salons conspire to keep him out of their ranks.
Coming Soon to
St James Theatre
French adaptation of Balzac's classic novel about a young idealist who learns that anything can be bought and sold.
1821. Handsome poet Lucien (Benjamin Voisin) is poor, but highly ambitious. Failing to make a name for himself in his provincial hometown, he naively follows his married patroness (Cécile de France) to the glamorous beau monde of Paris. But Lucien has entered a society far more dangerous than he realised, and the venomous denizens of the salons conspire to keep him out of their ranks.