Muriel
Muriel ou le Temps d'un retour
1963, Film, 115 min, Drama, French, France, MoviePedia score 67
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.
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Directed by Alain Resnais
Cast
- Delphine Seyrig as Hélène Aughain
- Jean-Pierre Kérien as Alphonse Noyard
- Nita Klein as Françoise
- Jean-Baptiste Thiérrée as Bernard Aughain
- Claude Sainval as Roland de Smoke
- Laurence Badie as Claudie
- Jean Champion as Ernest
- Jean Dasté as The Goat Man
- Martine Vatel as Marie-Dominique, aka Marie-Do
- Julien Verdier as The Stableman
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