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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Many filmmakers have attempted to bring Marcel Proust&39;s monumental novel REMEMBRANCE OF THINGS PAST to the screen and failed With the Palme D&39;Or nominated TIME REGAINED based largely on the final volume Chilean director Raoul Ruiz accomplished the seemingly impossible a highly successful adaptation which captured the essence of the work as never before Opening with Proust dictating his memoirs as he lies on his deathbed fragments of his life are recalled and presented with dreamlike complexity Against a backdrop of lavish French high society in the early 20th century the author recalls past loves hopes successes and failures reality merging with fiction as memories are awakened With an incredible cast led by Emmanuelle Beart Catherine Deneuve John Malkovich and Vincent Perez TIME REGAINED is a remarkable cinematic achievement that won widespread appeal

It is Paris, just after the end of the First World War. The reclusive writer Marcel Proust (Marcello Mazzarella) remembers his childhood and muses on the nature of time and memory. As he becomes increasingly absorbed in his art, the boundaries between reality and fiction begin to blur, and he becomes involved with many fantastic characters, such as the Baron de Charlus (John Malkovich), his sometime lover Charlie Morel (Vincent Perez), wartime veteran Robert de Saint-Loup (Pascal Greggory) and his wife Gilberte (Emmanuelle Beart)...