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How Proust Can Change Your Life (2000)

How Proust Can Change Your Life (2000)

Documentary
Release Date: 2000, March 19
Countries: United Kingdom
Production: Shaftesbury Productions, BBC
Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Phyllida Law, Phelim Drew, Donald Sinden, Alain De Botton, Pierre Rosenberg, Felicity Kendal, Lily Bevan, Richard Blackford, Katherine Porter

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.

Keywords:

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