How Proust Can Change Your Life

How Proust Can Change Your Life

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2000-03-19

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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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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2000-03-19

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58

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Genres

Documentary

Language

English

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Shaftesbury Productions

BBC

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    Felicity Kendal

    Felicity Kendal
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    Ralph Fiennes

    Ralph Fiennes
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    Phyllida Law

    Phyllida Law
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    Donald Sinden

    Donald Sinden
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    Phelim Drew

    Phelim Drew
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    Richard Blackford

    Richard Blackford
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    Lily Bevan

    Lily Bevan
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    Katherine Porter

    Katherine Porter
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    Alain de Botton

    Alain de Botton
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    Louis de Bernières

    Louis de Bernières
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    Doris Lessing

    Doris Lessing
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    Pierre Rosenberg

    Pierre Rosenberg