

120 minSeason 1 • Episode 2
LatestFollows a young man, Marcel, from his childhood in Combray to his discovery of social life among the upper classes.
Production
Belle Époque sets so lavish you'll need a fainting couch.
Acting
Didier Sandre's Charlus: flamboyant, tragic, scene-stealing.
Costume
Enough lace and waistcoats to outfit three period dramas.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Nina Companéez spent decades trying to adapt Proust; her father had attempted it in the 1960s.
The 2011 adaptation coincided with Proust's 150th birthday and France's renewed anxiety about losing its cultural memory.
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