Time Regained (film)
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Original film poster
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| Directed by | Raúl Ruiz |
| Produced by | Paulo Branco |
| Screenplay by | Raúl Ruiz Gilles Taurand |
| Based on |
In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust |
| Starring |
Catherine Deneuve Emmanuelle Béart Marcello Mazzarella John Malkovich Marie-France Pisier Vincent Perez |
| Music by | Jorge Arriagada |
| Cinematography | Ricardo Aronovich |
| Edited by | Denise de Casabianca |
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Production
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Gemini Films
France 2 Cinéma Les Films du Lendemain |
| Distributed by |
G9emini Films Kino International |
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Running time
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169 minutes |
| Country | France Italy Portugal |
| Language | French |
| Budget | $10.4 million |
| Box office | $4.5 million |
Time Regained (French: Le Temps retrouvé) is a 1999 French drama film directed by the Chilean filmmaker Raúl Ruiz. It is an adaptation of the final volume of In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust. The plot is about the anonymous narrator of In Search of Lost Time who reflects on his past experiences while lying on his deathbed.
The choice to develop the last volume of In Search of Lost Time allows the film to refer to the entire series of books. For example, the film shows an episode of the first novel, Swann's Way, usually referred to as "the lady in pink", as a flashback of Time Regained.
The film was entered into the 1999 Cannes Film Festival.
The movie starts off with Marcel Proust on his death bed. He is dictating something for Céleste to write out for him. He calls for her to bring him some pictures from his drawer. He dismisses her and he begins to flip through the pictures naming each person in the photos. We then cut to Charlie who is playing the piano at a party. Odette de Crécy leads the guests in the room to observe Marcel, however in this period he is even younger. The room doors emit a blinding heaven-like light. Marcel tips his hat off the Gilberte and both are called to take a picture. It returns to Marcel in his deathbed asking Celeste about roses. As she is leaving the room, we see yet again another door way that is emitting a blinding heaven-like light.
Gilberte and Marcele are sitting down having lunch while discussing some books. Marcel requests to borrow The Gancourt’s Journal while Gilberte keeps The Girl with Eyes of Gold. Marcel recalls a relationship he had with Albertine in which he was heartbroken that she had been unfaithful with not only women, but men as well. Marcel breaks a tea cup and Gilberte has the pieces cleaned and put in her mahogany box.
Marcel is suffering from a nightmare and as he tries to pull the service bell, something stops him. He wakes up to a ghostly Albertine stroking his face. He wakes up again to realize that he had been dreaming about his ghostly encounter. Marcel and Gilberte are walking down the street discussing Robert as it starts to storm.
A younger Marcel is examining a picture of the younger Gilberte. There is a note on the back of the photograph, however Marcel and another woman are playfully arguing about the signature being signed at the bottom. It flips from Gilberte, to Albertine, to Libertinage.
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