Le temps retrouvé (1999)
Country: FR/IT/POR
Technical: col 162m
Director: Raoul Ruiz
Cast: Marcello Mazzarella, Emmanuelle Béart, Catherine Deneuve, Vincent Perez, Pascal Greggory
Synopsis:
The dying Proust looks back through his work and old photographs at his life, and celebrates the evocative power of the senses.
Review:
A remarkable attempt to encompass the vast expanse of Proust's novel; it does not restrict itself to the eponymous volume. As such it is a pinch at under three hours, but the formlessness demands patience even so. For the film mimics the structure of the book in placing one sequence after, or in the middle of another, simply by virtue of a common object, sound or more explicit reference. Compellingly cinematic and intelligently cast.
Country: FR/IT/POR
Technical: col 162m
Director: Raoul Ruiz
Cast: Marcello Mazzarella, Emmanuelle Béart, Catherine Deneuve, Vincent Perez, Pascal Greggory
Synopsis:
The dying Proust looks back through his work and old photographs at his life, and celebrates the evocative power of the senses.
Review:
A remarkable attempt to encompass the vast expanse of Proust's novel; it does not restrict itself to the eponymous volume. As such it is a pinch at under three hours, but the formlessness demands patience even so. For the film mimics the structure of the book in placing one sequence after, or in the middle of another, simply by virtue of a common object, sound or more explicit reference. Compellingly cinematic and intelligently cast.
Country: FR/IT/POR
Technical: col 162m
Director: Raoul Ruiz
Cast: Marcello Mazzarella, Emmanuelle Béart, Catherine Deneuve, Vincent Perez, Pascal Greggory
Synopsis:
The dying Proust looks back through his work and old photographs at his life, and celebrates the evocative power of the senses.
Review:
A remarkable attempt to encompass the vast expanse of Proust's novel; it does not restrict itself to the eponymous volume. As such it is a pinch at under three hours, but the formlessness demands patience even so. For the film mimics the structure of the book in placing one sequence after, or in the middle of another, simply by virtue of a common object, sound or more explicit reference. Compellingly cinematic and intelligently cast.