Time Regained

The film begins in 1922; Marcel Proust is on his deathbed. Looking through photographs, he reflects on his past, recalling his life and the people he has known and loved. Gradually, the memories of his life are supplanted by the memories of the characters in his novels, and soon, fiction overwhelms reality. The happy days and lost paradise of his childhood alternate with more recent memories of his social and literary life. The drama of the war, closely examined from the viewpoint of the small circles of Parisian society, is transformed into a vast social comedy. In the spreading twilight, the shape of post-war society looms on the horizon. (from Kino International)

Release Date: June 16th, 2000 (NY-Lincoln Plaza Cinema); expands to other cities throughout the summer, 2000.

Language: French with English subtitles.
Running Time: 155 minutes
Distributor: Kino International

Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Emmanuelle Beart, John Malkovich, Vincent Perez, Andre Engel (Marcel), Pascal Greggory, Chiara Mastroianni, Marie-France Pisier, Arielle Dombasle, Georges Du Fresne, Dominique Labourier, Monique Melinand, Philippe Morier-Genoud, Jacques Pieller, Melvil Poupaud, Edith Scob, Mathilde Seigner, Christian Vadim, Elsa Zylberstein

Director: Raúl Ruiz

Based upon: The novel by Marcel Proust, the sixth and final volume of his masterpiece sextet, "In Search of Lost Time."

Reviews

The New York Times
"The dreamy manner in which the film unfolds, with gliding props that suggest one long sleepwalk, fuses all of these impressions together while also rendering them opaque."

Inside Out
"Those who have read Marcel Proust's great work say their lives were changed. Those who haven't are daunted by the prospect of a 14 volume slog. Raul Ruiz's elegant and imaginative film is also extremely long."

IndieWire
"For ardent aficionados of the French novelist Marcel Proust, Raoul Ruiz's latest epic will seem like a glorious and much treasured gift."

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