Directed by : Raoul RUIZ
Country : FRANCE, ITALY Length : 158 minutes
1922
On his deathbed, Marcel Proust is looking through photos, remembering his life. But the real characters mingle with the fictional ones. And gradually, fiction wins out over reality. His life's only sense lies in the reality of his work, and his work streams before his eyes. His literary characters people his memories, like a stereoscope projection on the wall of his room, coming to life in the self-contained world of his small apartment on the Rue Hamelin. The happy days and lost paradises of his childhood alternate with the more recent memories of his social and literary life. The drama of the war, closely examined from the viewpoint of the small circles of Paris society, is transformed into a vast social comedy. In the spreading twilight, the shape of post-war society looms on the
Raoul RUIZ - Director
Gilles TAURAND - Script / Dialogue
Raoul RUIZ - Script / Dialogue
Ricardo ARONOVITCH - Cinematography
Jorge ARRIAGADA - Music
Denise DE CASABIANCA - Film Editor
Bruno BEAUGÉ - Set decorator
Catherine DENEUVE - Odette
Pascal GREGGORY - Saint Loup
Vincent PEREZ - Morel
Marie-France PISIER - Mme Verdurin
John MALKOVICH - Charlus
Chiara MASTROIANNI - Albertine
Arielle DOMBASLE - Mme de Farcy
Emmanuelle BEART - Gilberte
Marcello MAZZARELLA - Le narrateur
Film poster © DR
