Time Regained

Time Regained (1999)

  • 68% of critics liked it
    (25 reviews)

  • 71% of users liked it
    (1,147 ratings)

An ambitious project of Chile-born, Paris-based Raul Ruiz, this psychological drama brings to the screen the famous classic of Marcel Proust with fidelity to its interior monologues and streams of consciousness. Proust (Marcelo Mazzarella), on his deathbed in his small apartment on Rue Hamelin, is… More

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Unrated, 2 hr. 38 min.
Directed By
Raoul Ruiz
Written By
Marcel Proust, Raoul Ruiz, sMarcel Proust
Genres
Art House & International, Drama
In Theaters
Jan 1, 1999 Wide
On DVD
Mar 27, 2001
Kino International

Critic Reviews

  • Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader

    Even if it lacks the emotional power of Manuel, Time Regained is a lot closer to Ruiz's best work than it is to his worst.

  • Michael Dequina, TheMovieReport.com

    The stream-of-consciousness structure effectively captures a mind lost in thought; what it doesn't effectively create, however, is drama.

  • Cole Smithey, ColeSmithey.com

    Glacial.

  • Robert W. Butler, Kansas City Star

    A crashing bore.

  • Nick Davis, Nick's Flick Picks

    Moody, opulent, and just decadent enough, Ruiz's film is elegant all over and perverse around the edges, just as it should be.

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