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Muriel, or the Time of Return (1963)
Directed by Alain Resnais
Drama · 1h 57m
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.
Cast
Delphine Seyrig
Hélène Aughain
Jean-Pierre Kérien
Alphonse Noyard
Jean-Baptiste Thiérrée
Bernard Aughain
N
Nita Klein
Françoise
Claude Sainval
Roland de Smoke
Laurence Badie
Claudie
M
Martine Vatel
Marie-Dominique, aka Marie-Do
Philippe Laudenbach
Robert
Jean Champion
Ernest
Jean Dasté
L'homme à la chèvre / The Goat Man
Julien Verdier
Le loueur de chevaux / The Stableman
Nelly Borgeaud
La femme du couple d'acheteurs
Crew
- Director
- Alain Resnais
- Writer
- Jean Cayrol
- Director of Photography
- Sacha Vierny
- Original Music Composer
- Hans Werner Henze
- Editor
- Éric Pluet, Kenout Peltier
- Producer
- Anatole Dauman
Details
- Original title
- Muriel, ou le Temps d'un retour
- Release date
- 1963-10-01
- Runtime
- 1h 57m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- FR
- Spoken languages
- French
- Countries
- Italy, France
- Production
- Alpha Productions, Argos films