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Swann in Love

Original title: Un amour de Swann
  • 19841984
  • RR
  • 1h 50m
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
1.9K
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Jeremy Irons, Alain Delon, and Ornella Muti in Swann in Love (1984)
  • Drama
  • Romance
In the late nineteenth century Paris, Briton Charles Swann, a man of wealth and culture, runs among the social set. That life is threatened when he falls in love with Odette de Crécy, a cour... Read allIn the late nineteenth century Paris, Briton Charles Swann, a man of wealth and culture, runs among the social set. That life is threatened when he falls in love with Odette de Crécy, a courtesan, that love all consuming in that he thinks about how he can be with her when they ar... Read allIn the late nineteenth century Paris, Briton Charles Swann, a man of wealth and culture, runs among the social set. That life is threatened when he falls in love with Odette de Crécy, a courtesan, that love all consuming in that he thinks about how he can be with her when they aren't together. He also despises himself for loving her to the extent he does in knowing th... Read all
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
1.9K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Volker Schlöndorff
  • Writers
    • Peter Brook
    • Jean-Claude Carrière
    • Marie-Hélène Estienne
  • Stars
    • Jeremy Irons
    • Ornella Muti
    • Alain Delon
Top credits
  • Director
    • Volker Schlöndorff
  • Writers
    • Peter Brook
    • Jean-Claude Carrière
    • Marie-Hélène Estienne
  • Stars
    • Jeremy Irons
    • Ornella Muti
    • Alain Delon
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    • 16User reviews
    • 17Critic reviews
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    • Nominated for 2 BAFTA Awards
      • 2 wins & 2 nominations total

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    Ornella Muti in Swann in Love (1984)
    Ornella Muti in Swann in Love (1984)
    Alain Delon in Swann in Love (1984)
    Jeremy Irons and Ornella Muti in Swann in Love (1984)
    Jeremy Irons, Ornella Muti, Jean-François Balmer, Marie-Christine Barrault, and Nathalie Juvet in Swann in Love (1984)
    Jeremy Irons, Alain Delon, and Pierre Celeyron in Swann in Love (1984)

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    Jeremy Irons
    Jeremy Irons
    • Charles Swannas Charles Swann
    Ornella Muti
    Ornella Muti
    • Odette de Crecyas Odette de Crecy
    Alain Delon
    Alain Delon
    • Baron de Charlusas Baron de Charlus
    Fanny Ardant
    Fanny Ardant
    • Duchesse de Guermantesas Duchesse de Guermantes
    Marie-Christine Barrault
    Marie-Christine Barrault
    • Madame Verdurinas Madame Verdurin
    Anne Bennent
    Anne Bennent
    • Chloeas Chloe
    Nathalie Juvet
    • Madame Cottardas Madame Cottard
    Charlotte Kerr
    Charlotte Kerr
    • Sous-maitresseas Sous-maitresse
    Catherine Lachens
    Catherine Lachens
    • Auntas Aunt
    Philippine Pascal
    • Madame Gallardonas Madame Gallardon
    Charlotte de Turckheim
    Charlotte de Turckheim
    • Madame de Cambremeras Madame de Cambremer
    Nicolas Baby
    • Young Jewas Young Jew
    Jean-François Balmer
    Jean-François Balmer
    • Dr. Cottardas Dr. Cottard
    Jacques Boudet
    Jacques Boudet
    • Duke de Guermantesas Duke de Guermantes
    Jean-Pierre Coffe
    • Aimeas Aime
    Jean-Louis Richard
    Jean-Louis Richard
    • Monsieur Verdurinas Monsieur Verdurin
    Bruno Thost
    • Sanietteas Saniette
    Geoffroy Tory
    • Forchevilleas Forcheville
    • Director
      • Volker Schlöndorff
    • Writers
      • Peter Brook
      • Jean-Claude Carrière
      • Marie-Hélène Estienne
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    • Trivia
      The film is based on Volume 1 of Marcel Proust's novel "In Search of Lost Time" (1919) which is commonly known as "Swann's Way". Show-business trade paper 'Variety' reported that the film represents "the second part of the first volume of Marcel Proust's monumental book".
    • Quotes

      Charles Swann: I used to think she was ugly! Then like a fool I fell in love with her and it's like a disease!

    • Connections
      Featured in Gap-Toothed Women (1987)
    • Soundtracks
      Une Nuit de Cléopâtre
      Composed by Victor Massé in 1885

      The opera attended by Odette de Crecy and the Verdurins

    User reviews16

    Review
    Top review
    10/10
    Modern chamber music colors a classical sensibility
    Terrific costuming and production design, most noteworthy is the luminous camera-work of Sven Nykvist (Bergman/Allen/Tarkovsky and others). The film is paced as languidly as narrative film making will permit, allowing a certain quality of the author's voice to be felt beneath the demands of "storytelling", one of the chief obstacles in adapting this material.

    I think that a masterstroke in this film is the music. While it may seem inconsequential, it draws the film into a more complex direction than typical period music would have done. I believe that this allows the film to reinvent the quality of emotional space in the material.

    Contemporary composers of modern chamber music like Hans Werner Henze (who'd collaborated with Schlondorff before) were brought into the making of the film. The music succeeds by injecting an atonal, dissonant, aching, atmosphere into the story. The piano and violin pieces work well against typical form and aid the narrative in a superbly contemplative manner. I was reminded somewhat of "L'Année dernière à Marienbad", simply because the musical "cues" were not spelled out in simple terms.

    Avoiding kitsch is part of the problem when adapting an author who discusses subjects (in epic detail) which have been filmed a thousand times before - in my opinion, the music permits yet another interpretation of that subject. At first its quietly unusual, becoming a defined, twisting voice, accenting the growing dissonance Swann experiences with Odette and ultimately with society.

    It is a beautiful film. My only concerns were the occasionally odd voice-over work, which was a little distracting. Ornella Muti is a knockout, but her beauty seems oddly contemporary - its as if the filmmakers were trying to make the statement that voluptuousness is eternal, while beauty standards shift periodically and culturally. Irons is excellent as Swann. I would highly recommend the film.
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    • Oct 25, 2004

    Details

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    • Release date
      • February 23, 1984 (France)
    • Countries of origin
      • France
      • West Germany
    • Official site
      • Official site (France)
    • Languages
      • French
      • English
      • German
    • Also known as
      • Jedna Svanova ljubav
    • Filming locations
      • Château de Champs-sur-Marne, 31 rue de Paris, Champs-sur-Marne, Seine-et-Marne, France
    • Production companies
      • Gaumont
      • Société Française de Production Cinématographique (S.F.P.C.)
      • Bioskop Film
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 50 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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