Release Date

19 Mar, 2000

Runtime

00:58: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

A docu-drama portrait of the early-20th-century French author Marcel Proust, based on Alain de Botton's updated analysis of his work as a modern-day self-help guide. Ralph Fiennes plays Proust, with Phyllida Law and Donald Sinden as his contemporaries, while commentators including de Botton, Louis de Bernières and Doris Lessing explain their enthusiasm for his work.

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Actors

Felicity Kendal

Ralph Fiennes

Phyllida Law

Donald Sinden

Phelim Drew

Richard Blackford

Lily Bevan

Katherine Porter

Alain de Botton

Louis de Bernières

Doris Lessing

Pierre Rosenberg

Crew

Alain de Botton

Robert Ide

Jenny Beavan

Anna Kot

Linda de Vetta

Mary Hillman

Paul Teverini

Faustina Gilbey