"In 1916 author Marcel Proust is leading a reclusive life in Paris. He hires a quartet of musicians and befriends one of them, a wounded serviceman."
Alan Bates
as Marcel Proust
Janet McTeer
as Céleste Albaret
Jonathan Coy
as Odilon
Gillian Martell
as Concierge
Paul Rhys
as Amable Massis
Philip Rham
as Gaston Poulet
Peter Geeves
as Louis Ruyssen
Celia Imrie
as Madame Massis
Lesley Nightingale
as Princess Soutzo
Michael Grandage
as Paul Morand
Richard Syms
as Head Waiter
Ben Buckton
as Petain
Udayan Prasad
Director
Alan Bennett
Writer
John Hooper
Director of Photography
George Fenton
Original Music Composer
Ken Pearce
Editor
Innes Lloyd
Producer