If you loved Argentinien, 1985, try Verlorene Illusionen
Eine Brücke zwischen einem Film, den du schon gesehen hast, und einem, den kaum jemand kennt. Das teilen sie, und was der zweite macht, was der erste nicht macht.
Was sie teilen
Theyboth carry the bittersweet, cerebral, foreign gem mood tags, and they sit in Drama / History territory. If that's the register that drew you to Argentinien, 1985, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What Verlorene Illusionen is
A big, old-fashioned literary adaptation, they don't make many of these anymore. An impoverished young poet chases fame in Paris, but mostly finds corruption. It's a long movie about how hard it is to be an idealist, perhaps too long.
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