With more than 100 films to his credit Chilean born filmmaker Raúl Ruiz passed away in Paris on August 19th, 2011 at the age of 70. We celebrate his legacy with two of his recent masterpieces.

  • Thursday, December 29, 7:30pm

Time Regained
Raul Ruiz’s Time Regained performs the remarkable feat of bringing the work of Marcel Proust to the screen. The film opens in 1922, as Proust is on his deathbed, looking through photos and remembering his life. Gradually, his own experiences give way to the characters in his novel; fiction eclipsing reality. Memories of the idyllic days of the lost paradise that was Proust’s childhood alternate with the rich recollections of his life in turn-of-the-century Parisian society. The drama of the Great War, examined in the context of spectacular soirées and grand parties, becomes an elaborate comedy of manners with an outstanding cast of international stars, including Catherine Deneuve, John Malkovich, Emmanuelle Béart and Vincent Perez. Ruiz has made a glowing reverie on a passing age that both overwhelms and entertains. In French with English subtitles.
Director: Raúl Ruiz 1999 France/Italy/Portugal 158min. NR 35mm

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