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.
Top Cast
Felicity Kendal as The Narrator
Ralph Fiennes as Marcel Proust
Phyllida Law as Virginia Woolf
Donald Sinden as Duc d'Albufera
Phelim Drew as James Joyce
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