Swann in Love (film)

Swann in Love
Directed by	Volker Schlöndorff
Produced by	Volker Schlondorff Margaret Menegoz
Written by	Peter Brook Jean-Claude Carrière Marie-Hélène Estienne Marcel Proust (novel) Volker Schlöndorff
Starring	Alain Delon Jeremy Irons Ornella Muti Fanny Ardant
Music by	David Graham Hans Werner Henze Gerd Kühr Marcel Wengler
Cinematography	Sven Nykvist
Edited by	Françoise Bonnot
Distributed by	Orion Classics
Box office	807,611 admissions (France)[1]

Swann in Love (French: Un amour de Swann, German: Eine Liebe von Swann), is a 1984 Franco-German film directed by Volker Schlöndorff. It is based on volume 1 of Marcel Proust's 1919 novel In Search of Lost Time, typically translated as Swann's Way. It was nominated for 2 BAFTA Film Awards.

Plot

Swann (Jeremy Irons), an eligible bachelor in the best circles of fin-de-siècle Paris, has also some more vulgar but rich friends, the Verdurins. Through them he meets Odette (Ornella Muti), a courtesan, with whom he falls hopelessly in love. She seems to enjoy his company, for which he pays, but considers herself free to socialise and sleep where she pleases, particularly with a rival called de Forcheville. Swann’s passion turns to consuming jealousy, which leads him eventually to accept the social stigma of marrying her. One old friend, the overtly gay Charlus (Alain Delon), stays sympathetic.^[2]

Cast

• Jeremy Irons as Charles Swann
• Ornella Muti as Odette de Crecy
• Alain Delon as Palamède de Guermantes, Baron de Charlus
• Fanny Ardant as Duchesse de Guermantes
• Marie-Christine Barrault as Madame Verdurin
• Anne Bennent as Chloé
• Nathalie Juvet as Madame Cottard
• Philippine Pascal as Madame Gallardon
• Charlotte de Turckheim as Madame de Cambremer
• Jean-François Balmer as Dr. Cottard
• Jacques Boudet as Duke de Guermantes
• Nicolas Baby as the young Jew
• Charlotte Kerr as sous-maîtresse
• Catherine Lachens as la tante
• Jean-Pierre Coffe as Aimé
• Jean-Louis Richard as Monsieur Verdurin
• Bruno Thost as Saniette
• Geoffroy Tory as Forcheville
• Roland Topor as Biche
• Vincent Martin as Remi
• Arc Adrian as Swann's Valet
• Pierre Celeyron as Valet Pif
• Romain Brémond as Protocole Guermantes
• Véronique Dietschy as Madame Vinteuil
• Ivry Gitlis violinist
• François Weigel pianist
• Catherine Jacob

Awards

• Nominee Best Costume Design - BAFTA (Yvonne Sassinot de Nesle)
• Nominee Best Foreign Language Film - BAFTA (Volker Schlöndorff, Magaret Menegoz)
• Winner Best Production Design - Cesar Awards (Jacques Saulnier)
• Winner Best Costume Design - Cesar Awards (Yvonne Sassinot de Nesle)

References

1. Box office information on film at Box Office Story
2. Created from French|Un amour de Swann|date=January 2011

External links

• Swann in Love at the Internet Movie Database
• Swann in Love at Rotten Tomatoes
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