How Proust Can Change Your Life

How Proust Can Change Your Life

6.5 | 2000-03-19 | Documentary

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.

Featured Crew

Alain de Botton Book
Linda de Vetta Makeup Artist
Faustina Gilbey Production Coordinator
Jenny Beavan Costume Designer
Paul Teverini Camera Operator
Anna Kot Assistant Costume Designer
Mary Hillman Makeup Artist
Robert Ide Production Designer

Cast

Felicity Kendal
Felicity Kendal
The Narrator
Ralph Fiennes
Ralph Fiennes
Marcel Proust
Phyllida Law
Phyllida Law
Virginia Woolf
Donald Sinden
Donald Sinden
Duc d'Albufera
Phelim Drew
Phelim Drew
James Joyce
Richard Blackford
Richard Blackford
Gabriel de La Rochefoucauld
Lily Bevan
Lily Bevan
Celeste Albaret
Katherine Porter
Katherine Porter
Anna de Noailles

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