Watch How Proust Can Change Your Life (2000) Official Trailer
5.2 / 10 IMDb March 19, 2000 0h 58m
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.
Director
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Runtime
0h 58m
Release Date
March 19, 2000
Genre
Documentary
Status
Released
Languages
French, English
Country
United Kingdom
Cast
Felicity Kendal
as The Narrator
Ralph Fiennes
as Marcel Proust
Phyllida Law
as Virginia Woolf
Donald Sinden
as Duc d'Albufera
Phelim Drew
as James Joyce
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Richard Blackford
as Gabriel de La Rochefoucauld
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Lily Bevan
as Celeste Albaret
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Katherine Porter
as Anna de Noailles
Alain de Botton
as Self
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Louis de Bernières
as Self
Doris Lessing
as Self
Pierre Rosenberg
as Self
Production Companies
Shaftesbury Productions
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