How Proust Can Change Your Life [745434] Released: 2000-03-19 Revenue: $0 Budget: $0 Profit: $0 Runtime: 58 mins Popularity: 0.2214 Vote Average: 4.667 Vote Count: 3 Overview: A docu-drama portrait of the early-20th-century French author Marcel Proust, based on Alain de Botton's updated analysis of his work as a modern-day self-help guide. Ralph Fiennes plays Proust, with Phyllida Law and Donald Sinden as his contemporaries, while commentators including de Botton, Louis de Bernières and Doris Lessing explain their enthusiasm for his work. Cast [12] Felicity KendalThe Narrator Ralph FiennesMarcel Proust Phyllida LawVirginia Woolf Donald SindenDuc d'Albufera Phelim DrewJames Joyce Richard BlackfordGabriel de La Rochef Lily BevanCeleste Albaret Katherine PorterAnna de Noailles Alain de BottonSelf Louis de BernièresSelf Doris LessingSelf Pierre RosenbergSelf Trailers