Swann in Love ( Un amour de Swann ) ( Eine Liebe von Swann )

Swann in Love (DVD) (*)

$24.99

Original Title: Un amour de Swann
Alternate Title: Eine Liebe von Swann
Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards
Ceasar Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
French ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
107 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.66:1)

Special Features:
Documentary
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Special Edition
Trailer(s)
Remastered

Movie filmed in 1984 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )

Directed By:
Volker Schlöndorff

Written By:
Peter Brook
Jean-Claude Carrière

Actors:
Jeremy Irons ..... Charles Swann
Ornella Muti ..... Odette de Crecy
Alain Delon ..... Baron de Charlus
Fanny Ardant ..... Duchesse de Guermantes
Marie-Christine Barrault ..... Madame Verdurin
Anne Bennent ..... Chloe
Nathalie Juvet ..... Madame Cottard
Charlotte Kerr ..... Sous-maitresse
Catherine Lachens ..... Aunt
Philippine Pascal ..... Madame Gallardon
Charlotte de Turckheim ..... Madame de Cambremer
Nicolas Baby ..... Young Jew
Jean-François Balmer ..... Dr. Cottard
Jacques Boudet ..... Duke de Guermantes
Jean-Pierre Coffe ..... Aime

Synopsis:

This ambitious attempt to film a portion of Marcel Proust's epic novel Remembrance of Things Past stars Jeremy Irons as Charles Swann, a Jewish intellectual who has managed to overcome growing anti-Semitism in 19th century France and travels in an elite social circle. But Swann has become obsessed with Odette (Ornella Muti), a courtesan who cares more for money than Swann's passion for her. In time they marry, but Swann soon realizes his desire for her is based purely on physical lust for someone with whom he has no rapport, or even much affection, and the relationship begins to erode the social acceptance Swann struggled to achieve. Meanwhile, the Baron de Charlus (Alain Delon) finds himself similarly attracted to a young man who does not share his desires. Un Amour de Swann was much praised for its production design and the cinematography of frequent Ingmar Bergman collaborator Sven Nykvist, though many felt director Volker Schlondorff failed to capture the narrative depth and complexity of Proust's novel.

Elegant and educated bachelor, Charles Swann, moves in the most powerful and fashionable circles of Paris in the 1890's. When he falls in love with Odette de Crecy, a courtesan, his friends warn him against marriage. Proving himself a silly and socially-foul goose, Swann ducks his social responsibilities, Odette ensnares him, and he is gently but firmly cast out of society amidst everyone's great politeness.

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