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Muriel, or the Time of Return (1963)

★ 6.9/10 117 min Drama Italy, France French
Director: Alain Resnais
Dialogue: Jean Cayrol
Scenario Writer: Jean Cayrol
Writer: Jean Cayrol
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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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Delphine Seyrig
Delphine Seyrig Hélène Aughain
Jean-Pierre Kérien
Jean-Pierre Kérien Alphonse Noyard
Jean-Baptiste Thiérrée
Jean-Baptiste Thiérrée Bernard Aughain
Nita Klein Françoise
Claude Sainval
Claude Sainval Roland de Smoke
Laurence Badie
Laurence Badie Claudie
Martine Vatel Marie-Dominique, aka Marie-Do
Philippe Laudenbach
Philippe Laudenbach Robert

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