How Proust Can Change Your Life
Genres
Overview
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.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
58 min
Release Date
2000-03-19
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
3
Vote Average
4.667
Felicity Kendal
The Narrator
Ralph Fiennes
Marcel Proust
Phyllida Law
Virginia Woolf
Donald Sinden
Duc d'Albufera
Phelim Drew
James Joyce
Richard Blackford
Gabriel de La Rochefoucauld
Lily Bevan
Celeste Albaret
Katherine Porter
Anna de Noailles
Alain de Botton
Self
Louis de Bernières
Self
Doris Lessing
Self
Pierre Rosenberg
Self
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