How Proust Can Change Your Life (2000)
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.
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Felicity Kendal as The Narrator |
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Ralph Fiennes as Marcel Proust |
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Phyllida Law as Virginia Woolf |
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Donald Sinden as Duc d'Albufera |
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Phelim Drew as James Joyce |
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Richard Blackford as Gabriel de La Rochefoucauld |
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Lily Bevan as Celeste Albaret |
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Katherine Porter as Anna de Noailles |
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Alain de Botton as Self |
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Louis de Bernières as Self |
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Doris Lessing as Self |
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Pierre Rosenberg as Self |
| Writing | Alain de Botton | Book |
| Production | Robert Ide | Production Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jenny Beavan | Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anna Kot | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Linda de Vetta | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mary Hillman | Makeup Artist |
| Camera | Paul Teverini | Camera Operator |
| Production | Faustina Gilbey | Production Coordinator |
