Odette uncovers a door to the past, the same people and rooms, layered in different times. The viewer is steeped in a spiral of eternal return: the universe of memory. A capable adaptation of an elusive book and filled with excellent performances. Based on the monumental novel by Marcel Proust, À LA RECHERCHE DU TEMPS PERDU, and mostly inspired by the final volume, "Le Temps retrouvé."
1999. Dir. Raúl Ruiz. Starring Catherine Deneuve, Emmanuelle Béart, John Malkovich, Hélène Surgère, Marcello Mazzarella, Pascal Greggory, Vincent Perez, Chiara Mastroianni. Wri. Gilles Taurand. Yes, Malkovich is dubbed by a French actor: Daniel Beretta. Edi. Denise de Casabianca (her last film). Score by Jorge Arriagada.
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