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Muriel, or the Time of Return
In the seacoast town of Boulogne, antique furniture saleswoman Hélène lives with her stepson, Bernard, who's back from military duty in Algiers. An old lover of Hélène's comes to visit, Alphonse, with his niece Françoise; he too is back from Algiers, where he ran a café. Bernard speaks of his fiancée, Muriel, whom Hélène has not met. The past is obscured by guilt, misperceptions, and missed possibilities. Appearances deceive, things change. As Hélène and Alphonse try to sort out a renewal, everyone seems off-kilter just enough to hint that all cannot end well.
1963 · Directed by Alain Resnais · 117 min · Drama · 10 frames
Crew
- Written by: Jean Cayrol
- Cinematography: Sacha Vierny
- Edited by: Kenout Peltier, Éric Pluet
- Music: Hans Werner Henze
- Production design: Jacques Saulnier
- Produced by: Anatole Dauman
Cast
- Delphine Seyrig as Hélène Aughain
- Jean-Pierre Kérien as Alphonse Noyard
- Jean-Baptiste Thiérrée as Bernard Aughain
- Nita Klein as Françoise
- Claude Sainval as Roland de Smoke
- Laurence Badie as Claudie
- Martine Vatel as Marie-Dominique, aka Marie-Do
- Philippe Laudenbach as Robert
- Jean Champion as Ernest
- Jean Dasté as L'homme à la chèvre / The Goat Man
Production
- Country: Italy, France
- Language: French
- Studios: Alpha Productions, Argos films
- Themes: widow, mother son relationship, french new wave
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