IMDb 6.9 2020 HD

Le Temps Perdu

Le Temps Perdu

2020
Documentary
102 min NR Argentina
5.5 / 10
6.9 IMDB

Buenos Aires, Argentina. For eighteen years, a group of people have been meeting in a bar to read the same work over and over again: the seven volumes…

Personnel // Cast & Crew

Director María Álvarez
Starring
Norma Bárbaro

How Viewers Describe This Film

Common themes and sentiments

contemplative immersive unique slow niche profound literary patient unusual reflective dedicated

Reviews

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Isabelle Dubois
Apr 4, 2026
3.0 / 5
3.0

The premise of 'Le Temps Perdu' is its most compelling asset: a group in Buenos Aires, for eighteen years, reading Proust's 'In Search of Lost Time' repeatedly. Norma Bárbaro is part of this dedicated circle, her performance reflecting…

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Marcus Holloway
Apr 4, 2026
4.5 / 5
4.5

An audacious and utterly captivating film, 'Le Temps Perdu' takes us to Buenos Aires, where a devoted group has spent eighteen years meticulously revisiting Proust's 'In Search of Lost Time.' This is a profound exploration of how shared…

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Penelope Croft
Apr 4, 2026
3.0 / 5
3.0

'Le Temps Perdu' presents a singular concept: a Buenos Aires bar where patrons have spent eighteen years re-reading Proust's 'In Search of Lost Time.' This is less a narrative and more an extended mood piece, exploring the endurance…

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Arthur Finch
Apr 4, 2026
4.0 / 5
4.0

A fascinating cinematic experiment, 'Le Temps Perdu' centres on a group's eighteen-year immersion in Proust's 'In Search of Lost Time.' The film eschews conventional plot for a deep dive into the ritualistic act of reading and its profound…

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Eleanor Vance
Apr 4, 2026
3.5 / 5
3.5

In 'Le Temps Perdu,' director Unknown crafts a contemplative piece that finds its narrative engine in the quiet dedication of a Buenos Aires bar group. For eighteen years, they return to the same pages of Proust's 'In Search…

FAQs

The film presents a group of people who are deeply engrossed in the seven volumes of Marcel Proust's 'In Search of Lost Time,' reading it repeatedly over eighteen years. This prolonged, shared engagement with Proust's monumental novel is the central conceit, suggesting an exploration of how such a profound literary undertaking might influence their lives and interactions.