1984-02-23 • 1h 50m

Volker Schlöndorff's Masterly Film

In 19th-century Paris, Charles Swann risks his social standing in his obsessive pursuit of prostitute Odette. His overwhelming desire for her comes, in part, from Odette's complete disinterest in him. When he finally weds her, utterly compromising himself in high society, he finds to his horror that his love for her was a complete illusion. At the same time, the Baron de Charlus pursues his own ill-advised romance.

Directors

Volker Schlöndorff

Writters

Jean-Claude Carrière, Marie Hélène Estienne, Peter Brook

Editors

Jean-Claude Carrière, Marie Hélène Estienne, Françoise Bonnot