In 19th-century Paris, Charles Swann risks his social standing in his obsessive pursuit of prostitute Odette. His overwhelming desire for her comes, in part, from Odette's complete disinterest in him. When he finally weds her, utterly compromising himself in high society, he finds to his horror that his love for her was a complete illusion. At the same time, the Baron de Charlus pursues his own ill-advised romance.
Jeremy Irons
as Charles Swann
Ornella Muti
as Odette de Crécy
Alain Delon
as Baron de Charlus
Fanny Ardant
as Duchesse de Guermantes
Marie-Christine Barrault
as Madame Verdurin
Anne Bennent
as Chloé
Nathalie Juvet
as Madame Cottard
Charlotte Kerr
as Bordellchefin
Catherine Lachens
as Aunt
Philippine Pascal
as Madame Gallardon
Charlotte de Turckheim
as Madame de Cambremer
Nicolas Baby
as Young Jew
