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Swann in Love

Original title: Un amour de Swann
  • 19841984
  • RR
  • 1h 50m
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6.5/10
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Jeremy Irons, Alain Delon, and Ornella Muti in Swann in Love (1984)
DramaRomance
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
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    • Volker Schlöndorff
  • Writers
    • Peter Brook
    • Jean-Claude Carrière
    • Marie-Hélène Estienne
  • Stars
    • Jeremy Irons
    • Ornella Muti
    • Alain Delon
    • Volker Schlöndorff
  • Writers
    • Peter Brook
    • Jean-Claude Carrière
    • Marie-Hélène Estienne
  • Stars
    • Jeremy Irons
    • Ornella Muti
    • Alain Delon
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 16User reviews
    • 17Critic reviews
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    • Nominated for 2 BAFTA Awards

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    Jeremy Irons
    Jeremy Irons
    • Charles Swann
    Ornella Muti
    Ornella Muti
    • Odette de Crecy
    Alain Delon
    Alain Delon
    • Baron de Charlus
    Fanny Ardant
    Fanny Ardant
    • Duchesse de Guermantes
    Marie-Christine Barrault
    Marie-Christine Barrault
    • Madame Verdurin
    Anne Bennent
    Anne Bennent
    • Chloe
    Nathalie Juvet
    • Madame Cottard
    Charlotte Kerr
    Charlotte Kerr
    • Sous-maitresse
    Catherine Lachens
    Catherine Lachens
    • Aunt
    Philippine Pascal
    • Madame Gallardon
    Charlotte de Turckheim
    Charlotte de Turckheim
    • Madame de Cambremer
    Nicolas Baby
    • Young Jew
    Jean-François Balmer
    Jean-François Balmer
    • Dr. Cottard
    Jacques Boudet
    Jacques Boudet
    • Duke de Guermantes
    Jean-Pierre Coffe
    • Aime
    Jean-Louis Richard
    Jean-Louis Richard
    • Monsieur Verdurin
    Bruno Thost
    • Saniette
    Geoffroy Tory
    • Forcheville
      • 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!

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      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

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    8/10
    An Enjoyable Period Piece
    Never having read "Swann's Way"---the source material for this film---I was free to view it as an entity unto itself, which is what I prefer.

    It is the study of a man's obsession with a courtesan, Odette de Crecy (Ornella Muti). Swann wants for nothing, materially, and he could live his life anywhere and anyhow he pleases. But he is emotionally tethered to Odette as they each glide through the salons of the Parisian upper class in search of artistic experiences, self gratification, and maximum visibility.

    Are they lovers or mere contractors? Do they love each other or detest what they perceive of themselves under the other's influence? Do they extract maximum enjoyment from life or perpetually battle boredom and self-loathing? As they perform their dance of attraction and repulsion, it is sometimes unclear.

    Jeremy Irons is convincing as the self-absorbed Swann. And Ornella Muti is mesmerizing as Odette. Both of them feel indigenous to the fashion and culture of their milieu, which makes it easier to focus on the characters themselves.

    A wonderful score elevates the film considerably. I plan to watch it again, if only for its evocation of a place and time.
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    • Jul 30, 2019

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    • Release date
      • February 23, 1984 (France)
      • France
      • West Germany
      • Official site (France)
      • French
      • English
      • German
    • Also known as
      • 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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    • 1 hour 50 minutes
      • Color
      • Mono

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