that it was risky to create a film of this work as the book did not exactly tell a story, but brought the readers around in circles. Roger Ebert praised the film noting that "It is not about memories but memory. Yours, mine, Proust's. Memory is what makes us human. Without it, we would be trapped in the moving dot of time as it slides through our lives." Anthony Lane wrote that Proust "was not fond of the cinema; but if he, and not merely his work, were alive today, he might well change his mind." The film has a 72% critic approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes. References Further reading Michael Goddard, The Cinema of Raúl Ruiz: Impossible Cartographies (Wallflower Press, 2013), pp. 141–151. Joanna Jaritz, Proust Cinématographe - Wie Raoul Ruiz Proust las (Heidelberg University Publishing, 2017). In German. Vera A. Klekovkina, "Proust's souvenir visuel and Ruiz's clin d'œil in Le Temps retrouvé" in L'Esprit Créateur (Volume 46, Number 4, Winter 2006), pp. 151–163. Guy Scarpetta, "Reflections on Time Regained (Raúl Ruiz)" in Michel Ciment and Laurence Kardish (eds.) Positif, 50 Years: Selections from the French Film Journal (Museum of Modern Art, 2002), pp. 274–284. Marion Schmid and Martine Beugnet, Proust at the Movies (Routledge, 2004), pp. 132–167. Margaret Topping, "Photographic Vision(s) in Marcel Proust's and Raoul Ruiz's Le Temps retrouvé" in Adam Watt (ed.) 'Le Temps retrouve' Eighty Years After/80 ans apres: Critical Essays / Essais critiques (Verlag Peter Lang, 2009), pp. 309–321. External links Time Regained at Roger Ebert Time Regained at Vudu 1999 films 1999 drama films French drama films French nonlinear narrative films Films with screenplays by Gilles Taurand Films based on French novels Films based on works by Marcel Proust Films directed by Raúl Ruiz Films produced by Paulo Branco 1990s French-language films Films shot in Portugal 1990s French films