
How Proust Can Change Your Life
Documentary
Overview
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
Felicity Kendal
The Narrator
Felicity Kendal
The Narrator


Ralph Fiennes
Ralph Fiennes
Marcel Proust
Ralph Fiennes
Marcel Proust


Phyllida Law
Phyllida Law
Virginia Woolf
Phyllida Law
Virginia Woolf


Donald Sinden
Donald Sinden
Duc d'Albufera
Donald Sinden
Duc d'Albufera


Phelim Drew
Phelim Drew
James Joyce
Phelim Drew
James Joyce
Richard Blackford
Richard Blackford
Gabriel de La Rochefoucauld
Richard Blackford
Gabriel de La Rochefoucauld
Lily Bevan
Lily Bevan
Celeste Albaret
Lily Bevan
Celeste Albaret
Katherine Porter
Katherine Porter
Anna de Noailles
Katherine Porter
Anna de Noailles


Alain de Botton
Alain de Botton
Self
Alain de Botton
Self
Louis de Bernières
Louis de Bernières
Self
Louis de Bernières
Self
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