If you loved I'm Still Here, 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
Theysit in Drama / History territory. If that's the register that drew you to I'm Still Here, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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.

