
Marcel Proust (1871-1922) is on his deathbed. Looking at photographs brings memories of his childhood, his youth, his lovers, and the way the Great War put an end to a stratum of society. His memories are in no particular order, they move back and forth in time. Marcel at various ages interacts with Odette, with the beautiful Gilberte and her doomed husband, with the pleasure-seeking Baron de Charlus, with Marcel's lover Albertine, and with others; present also in memory are ... (Full plot summary below)
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Marcel Proust (1871-1922) is on his deathbed. Looking at photographs brings memories of his childhood, his youth, his lovers, and the way the Great War put an end to a stratum of society. His memories are in no particular order, they move back and forth in time. Marcel at various ages interacts with Odette, with the beautiful Gilberte and her doomed husband, with the pleasure-seeking Baron de Charlus, with Marcel's lover Albertine, and with others; present also in memory are Marcel's beloved mother and grandmother. It seems as if to live is to remember and to capture memories is to create a work of great art. The memories parallel the final volume of Proust's novel.
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| eye WEEKLYJason AndersonA film that captures the richness of Proust's writing and the peculiarity of his sensibility through an array of unlikely imagery and staging techniques. |
| Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumA lot more imaginative and entertaining than one might have thought possible, a feast for the eye and mind. |
| Spirituality and PracticeFrederic and Mary Ann BrussatThe best way to experience Time Regained is to let each vignette become an oar for rowing across the sea of Proust's memories. |
| TheMovieReport.comMichael DequinaThe stream-of-consciousness structure effectively captures a mind lost in thought; what it doesn't effectively create, however, is drama. |
| New York TimesJ. HobermanThe daring of the conception is matched only by the brilliance of the execution. |
| MUBIAdrian Martin...he envisaged Proustian time not as a private sensation, but as a fully external, physical and objective "dimension"...This is what makes his Time Regained both hallucinatory and concrete, wayward and exact. |
| The Stranger (Seattle, WA)Charles MudedeThe best moment in the film is not in fact from Time Regained, but is the best moment in my favorite of the books, volume five, The Captive. |
| User ReviewClément NAstoundlingly beautiful adaptation, with Deneuve as the ageless Odette! |
| User ReviewJohn BThis was wonderful--beautiful. It's given me an achey nostalgia for Marcel and his lovely novel. Ok, most of you know I'm nuts anyway. Now you can be sure. |
| User ReviewDorothy RI believe I've found the perfect Proust film. Beautiful evocation of the experience of reading Proust's epic work. |