Adapting Proust for the screen is akin to training a dog to walk on two legs, what matters is not how well you succeed but that you attempt it at all. To make it even more difficult Ruiz has elected to concentrate on the last volume of the magnum opus where all the characters of the first six volumes come together in his imagination as the narrator lies on his deathbed. Ruiz does what he can and offers some opulent settings, stunning camera work and first rate performances which is what you would expect when you are employing Manu Beart, Catherine Deneuve Pascal Greggory and John Malkovich buy even the supporting players are excellent and though it is a great help if one has read In Search Of Lost Time it is possible to enjoy this as a one-off.
Review of Marcel Proust's Time Regained
