21
Mar/11

DENEUVE: TIME REGAINED

21
Mar/11

Marcello Mazzarella and Catherine Deneuve remember things past in TIME REGAINED

TIME REGAINED (LE TEMPS RETROUVÉ) (Raoul Ruiz, 1999)

BAMcinématek
BAM Rose Cinemas
30 Lafayette Ave. between Ashland Pl. & St. Felix St.
Wednesday, March 23, 6:30, 9:40
Series runs through March 31
718-636-4100
www.bam.org

Raoul Ruiz’s overly long dramatization of Marcel Proust on his deathbed, thinking back on his own life as well as the fictional life of his characters, has charm and wit and a whole lot of bizarrely entertaining set movements. Despite a cast that includes Catherine Deneuve, Emmanuelle Béart, Marie-France Pisier, Chiara Mastroianni (Deneuve’s real-life daughter), and John Malkovich, the acting is only so-so, and it helps if you know a little Proust, but Ruiz is a director always worth watching, so give it a chance—if you have the time. Time Regained is screening March 23 as part of BAMcinématek’s “Deneuve” series, which continues through March 31 with such films as Scene of the Crime (Le lieu du crime) (André Téchiné, 1986), Donkey Skin (Peau d’âne) (Jacques Demy, 1970) , and A Christmas Tale (Arnaud Desplechin, 2008).