Le Temps retrouvé (1999) *

Directed by Raoul Ruiz. With Catherine Deneuve, John Malkovich and Emmanuelle Beart. Ruiz is an odd maestro - absolutely brilliant one moment (Genealogie d'un crime), boringly inept the next (Trois vies et un mort). And this lethargic adaptation of Marcel Proust's novel represents Ruiz at his very worst. Not only is the film uninspired, lazy and conceited, it doesn't even make any sense.