How Proust Can Change Your Life
58m·Documentary
2000
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NA/10 avgNo member ratings yetA 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.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Felicity KendalThe Narrator | The Narrator |
 Ralph FiennesMarcel Proust | Marcel Proust |
 Phyllida LawVirginia Woolf | Virginia Woolf |
 Donald SindenDuc d'Albufera | Duc d'Albufera |
 Phelim DrewJames Joyce | James Joyce |
| RRichard BlackfordGabriel de La Rochefoucauld | Gabriel de La Rochefoucauld |
| LLily BevanCeleste Albaret | Celeste Albaret |
| KKatherine PorterAnna de Noailles | Anna de Noailles |
 Alain de BottonSelf | Self |
| LLouis de BernièresSelf | Self |
 Doris LessingSelf | Self |
 Pierre RosenbergSelf | Self |