DVD
Marcel Proust's time regained = Le temps retrouvé
Call Number
- DVD FOREIGN (CEN)
Languages
In French, with optional English subtitles.
Performers
Catherine Deneuve, Emmanuelle Beart, Vincent Perez, John Malkovich, Pascal Greggory, Chiara Mastroianni.
Publication Information
Brooklyn, NY : KimStim, Inc., 2018.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (163 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
Not rated.
Summary
Raul Ruiz's ambitious literary adaptation distills all of Marcel Proust's iconic In Search of Lost Time into a single epic feature. Time Regained (the title of Marcel Proust's last volume) opens in 1922, as Proust is on his deathbed, looking through photos and remembering his life. Gradually, his own experiences give way to the characters in his novel--fiction eclipses reality. Memories of the idyllic days of the lost paradise that was Proust's childhood alternate with rich recollections of his life in fin de siecle Parisian society. The drama of the Great War, examined in the context of spectacular soirees and grand parties, becomes an elaborate comedy of manners. The result is a montage of moving snapshots and feverish dreams that makes the film the ultimate in Proustian cinema.
Notes
Title from container.
Based on the novel by Marcel Proust.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1999.