À la recherche du temps perdu is a 2011 television film by Nina Companéez, based on Marcel Proust's 1913–1927 seven-volume novel In Search of Lost Time.

The two-part film attempts to cover the entire novel with the exception of the first volume, Swann's Way—the narrator's childhood and the story of Charles Swann are only briefly mentioned, the latter having already been previously adapted as Swann in Love (1984) by Volker Schlöndorff.

À la recherche du temps perdu (film)

Critical reception was mixed, with e.g. German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung questioning the wisdom and feasibility of filming the novel in its entirety at all. The review in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung pointed out the staginess of the adaptation and found Micha Lescot's slightly tongue-in-cheek performance as the narrator somewhat lacking. Der Tagesspiegel on the other hand praised the adaptation, in particular for its visual opulence and Micha Lescot's acting. Le Figaro also lauded the telefilm both for its screenplay—which it considered accessible in style yet true to the tone of the novel—and the performances, especially by Micha Lescot, Didier Sandre, and Dominique Blanc.

À la recherche du temps perdu (film)

Cast

Micha Lescot as Marcel, the narrator

Caroline Tillette as Albertine Simonet

Didier Sandre as Baron de Charlus

Dominique Blanc as Madame Verdurin

Éric Ruf as Charles Swann

Valentine Varela as Oriane de Guermantes

Bernard Farcy as Basin, Duke of Guermantes

Catherine Samie as Marcel's grandmother

Dominique Valadié as Marcel's mother

Roland Copé as Count Norpois

Jean-Claude Drouot as Elstir

Andy Gillet as Robert de Saint-Loup

Anne Danais as Françoise

Marie-Sophie Ferdane as Gilberte Swann

Michel Fau as Jupien

Vincent Heden as Morel

Françoise Bertin as Madame de Villeparisis

Hervé Pierre as Verdurin

Philippe Morier-Genoud as Docteur Cottard

Laure-Lucille Simon as Andrée

Arthur Igual as Bloch

Oleg Ossina as Marcel as a boy

References

External links

2011 television films

2011 films

French drama television films

French LGBT-related television shows

Television shows based on French novels

Films set in Paris

Films based on works by Marcel Proust

Films based on French novels

French-language television shows

2010s French films

À la recherche du temps perdu (film)