À la recherche du temps perdu is a 2011 television film by Nina Companéez, based on Marcel Proust's 1913–1927 seven-volume novel In Search of Lost Time.
The two-part film attempts to cover the entire novel with the exception of the first volume, Swann's Way—the narrator's childhood and the story of Charles Swann are only briefly mentioned, the latter having already been previously adapted as Swann in Love (1984) by Volker Schlöndorff.
Critical reception was mixed, with e.g. German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung questioning the wisdom and feasibility of filming the novel in its entirety at all. The review in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung pointed out the staginess of the adaptation and found Micha Lescot's slightly tongue-in-cheek performance as the narrator somewhat lacking. Der Tagesspiegel on the other hand praised the adaptation, in particular for its visual opulence and Micha Lescot's acting. Le Figaro also lauded the telefilm both for its screenplay—which it considered accessible in style yet true to the tone of the novel—and the performances, especially by Micha Lescot, Didier Sandre, and Dominique Blanc.
Cast
Micha Lescot as Marcel, the narrator
Caroline Tillette as Albertine Simonet
Didier Sandre as Baron de Charlus
Dominique Blanc as Madame Verdurin
Éric Ruf as Charles Swann
Valentine Varela as Oriane de Guermantes
Bernard Farcy as Basin, Duke of Guermantes
Catherine Samie as Marcel's grandmother
Dominique Valadié as Marcel's mother
Roland Copé as Count Norpois
Jean-Claude Drouot as Elstir
Andy Gillet as Robert de Saint-Loup
Anne Danais as Françoise
Marie-Sophie Ferdane as Gilberte Swann
Michel Fau as Jupien
Vincent Heden as Morel
Françoise Bertin as Madame de Villeparisis
Hervé Pierre as Verdurin
Philippe Morier-Genoud as Docteur Cottard
Laure-Lucille Simon as Andrée
Arthur Igual as Bloch
Oleg Ossina as Marcel as a boy