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
as The Narrator
Ralph Fiennes
as Marcel Proust
as Marcel Proust
Phyllida Law
as Virginia Woolf
as Virginia Woolf
Donald Sinden
as Duc d'Albufera
as Duc d'Albufera
Phelim Drew
as James Joyce
as James Joyce
Richard Blackford
as Gabriel de La Rochefoucauld
as Gabriel de La Rochefoucauld
Lily Bevan
as Celeste Albaret
as Celeste Albaret
Katherine Porter
as Anna de Noailles
as Anna de Noailles
Alain de Botton
as Self
as Self
Louis de Bernières
as Self
as Self
Doris Lessing
as Self
as Self
Pierre Rosenberg
as Self
as Self
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Alain de Botton
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Linda de Vetta
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Faustina Gilbey
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Production Coordinator
Jenny Beavan
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Costume Designer
Paul Teverini
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Anna Kot
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Assistant Costume Designer
Mary Hillman
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Robert Ide
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