Swann in Love
Volker Schlöndorff's Masterly Film
A melancholic, visually sumptuous portrait of obsessive, unrequited love in Belle Époque Paris, where an aristocrat's passion for a courtesan becomes a study in jealousy and self-delusion.
In Belle Époque Paris, a 19th-century Parisian aristocrat falls in love with a lower-class prostitute who seduces him but never loves him.
Essence
Ensemble
Jeremy Irons
Charles Swann
Ornella Muti
Odette de Crécy
Alain Delon
Baron de Charlus
Fanny Ardant
Duchesse de Guermantes
Marie-Christine Barrault
Madame Verdurin
Anne Bennent
Chloé
Nathalie Juvet
Madame Cottard
Charlotte Kerr
Bordellchefin
Catherine Lachens
Aunt
Philippine Pascal
Madame Gallardon
Charlotte de Turckheim
Madame de Cambremer
Nicolas Baby
Young Jew
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