If you loved Argentina 1985, try Lost Illusions
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
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 Argentina 1985, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
bittersweetcerebralforeign gem
What Lost Illusions 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.

