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 |
| Art | Bruno Via | Art Direction |
| Art | Etienne Rohde | Supervising Art Director |
| Writing | Xavier Giannoli | Scenario Writer |
| Editing | Cyril Nakache | Editor |
| Editing | Riwanon Le Beller | Additional Editing |
| Production | Emilien Bignon | Associate Producer |
| Art | Fathi El Aihar | Other |
| Production | Sidonie Dumas | Producer |
| Writing | Yves Stavrides | Writer |
| Production | Michaël Laguens | Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Pierre-Jean Larroque | Costume Design |
| Writing | Jacques Fieschi | Adaptation |
| Production | Cédric Iland | Co-Producer |
| Production | Christine de Jekel | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Xavier Giannoli | Dialogue |
| Art | Riton Dupire-Clément | Production Design |
| Production | Sylvain Goldberg | Co-Producer |
| Art | Agnes Demaegot | Set Decoration |
| Directing | Xavier Giannoli | Director |
| Production | Olivier Delbosc | Producer |
| Writing | Honoré de Balzac | Novel |
| Camera | Christophe Beaucarne | Director of Photography |
