Swann in Love (film)
- Jeremy Irons: Charles Swann
- Ornella Muti: Odette de Crécy
- Alain Delon: Baron de Charlus
- Fanny Ardant: Duchesse de Guermantes
- Marie -Christine Barrault: Madame Verdurins
- Anne Bennents: Chloe
- Nathalie Juvet: Madame Cottard
- Charlotte Kerr: brothel boss
- Catherine Laughter: Aunt
- Philippine Pascal: Madame Gallardón
- Charlotte de Turckheim: Madame de Cambremer
A Love of Swann ( Original: Un amour de Swann ) is a French- German film adaptation of Marcel Proust's novel chapter from In Search of Lost Time by director Volker Schlöndorff from the year 1984.
Action
The art-loving bon vivant Charles Swann runs around 1885 in the better circles of Paris. He is one of the few converted Jews who were enrolled in the higher French society. In a theater, he learns the Odette de Crécy demi-mondaine know. At first he does not find them particularly attractive. In a common carriage ride they come closer, however, and then spend their first night together.
The affair of the two advocates in the higher circles around quickly. His reputation means Swann but only slightly. Everything that counts for him is his love for Odette. But the more passion for Odette Swann feels, the more she seems to lose interest in him, especially since he developed a morbid jealousy, and every man suspected her readjust.
One day Swann receives an anonymous letter indications that Odette has taken not only with men but also with women. Odette admits the increasingly possessive Charles to have had lesbian affairs. Although Swann tries to emotionally detach from Odette and to repress his feelings for her, he can not get away from her. Contrary to the advice of his friend Baron de Charlus Swann decides to marry Odette. They have a daughter, which he, however, due to the past by Odette can not introduce into the higher society.
Background
The same literary work forms the central part as a chapter of the first volume of Marcel Proust's masterpiece In Search of Lost Time (À la recherche du temps perdu ). Director Volker Schlöndorff commented later on Proust's A Love of Swann as follows: " I must have been sixteen or seventeen, [ ... ] I devoured Un amour de Swann on a weekend [ ... ]. Three worlds opened up to me Proust: the French language, the related company and the unknown regions of love and jealousy "When he was offered by a love of Swann to film, he did not hesitate: ". Without the book read, I have promised. [ ...] I saw the pictures in front of me: a man wanders at night along the boulevards, from place to place, in a feverish frenzy, looking for a woman who defies him again and again. He knocks late at night on a window that is not hers. He places one afternoon to a long interrogation, he tortures her with his jealousy and enjoys his own suffering. Odette and Paris: a woman, larger than life, and a city, the epitome of all cities as well as the man who seeks to possess both, which for me is a love of Swann ".
The film was finally premiered on 23 February 1984 in France. In Germany, A Love of Swann was released in theaters on March 23, 1984. 2008, the film was released along with an interview with Volker Schlöndorff on DVD.
Reviews
" Free film adaptation of Marcel Proust 's novel, which detects only parts of its complex emotional world, but this usually captures atmospheric coherent. Mostly detail certain stages; impressive in equipment, cinematography and use of music. "
" Volker Schlöndorff's film adaptation of complex chapter in the novel In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust in 1985 each awarded a César for equipment and costumes. However, Schlöndorff's adaptation comes extremely turgid and therefore Jeremy Irons may here a little fiddle around to Ornella Muti. "
" Jeremy Irons is perfect as Charles Swann - pale, deep, sick with fever by passion."
Awards
A Love of Swann was charged with two César Awards in the categories of Best Costume Design ( Yvonne de Nesle Sassinot ) and Best Art Direction (Jacques Saulnier ) awarded. The film also received two nominations for the BAFTA Film Award in the categories of Best Costume Design and Best Foreign Language Film. The jury of the German Film and Media Review gave the film the title of " valuable ".
German version
The German synchronous processing was made for the German première on 23 March 1984.