Lucien de Rubempré, een jonge dichter uit de lagere klasse, verlaat de drukkerij van zijn familie voor Parijs. Al snel leert hij de duistere kant van de kunstwereld kennen terwijl hij probeert trouw te blijven aan zijn dromen.
Nee, helaas is Illusions perdues nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Visual Effects | My Lan Nguyen Quang | Visual Effects |
| Production | Sylvain Goldberg | Co-Producer |
| Art | Agnes Demaegot | Set Decoration |
| Art | Etienne Rohde | Supervising Art Director |
| Editing | Riwanon Le Beller | Additional Editing |
| Art | Riton Dupire-Clément | Production Design |
| Editing | Cyril Nakache | Editor |
| Production | Michaël Laguens | Casting |
| Production | Christine de Jekel | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Jacques Fieschi | Adaptation |
| Writing | Xavier Giannoli | Dialogue |
| Production | Sidonie Dumas | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Pierre-Jean Larroque | Costume Design |
| Production | Emilien Bignon | Associate Producer |
| Writing | Xavier Giannoli | Scenario Writer |
| Production | Cédric Iland | Co-Producer |
| Writing | Yves Stavrides | Writer |
| Art | Fathi El Aihar | Other |
| Art | Bruno Via | Art Direction |
| Directing | Xavier Giannoli | Director |
| Production | Olivier Delbosc | Producer |
| Writing | Honoré de Balzac | Novel |
| Camera | Christophe Beaucarne | Director of Photography |