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Un amour de Swann (1984)

Un amour de Swann poster
Directed by
Volker Schlöndorff
Genre
drama film
Country
Germany, France
Runtime
1h 50m
Rating
5.6 of 10 from 44 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A wealthy man named Swann falls deeply in love with a courtesan named Odette in 19th century Paris. Their passionate affair slowly becomes consuming and full of jealousy.

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What happens

Swann in Love (French: Un amour de Swann, German: Eine Liebe von Swann) is a 1984 Franco-German film directed by Volker Schlöndorff. It is based on Marcel Proust's seven-volume novel sequence In Search of Lost Time, specifically a self-contained section of the first volume, the title of which typically translates as Swann's Way (1913). It was nominated for 2 BAFTA Film Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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