Movie·1963·1h 57m
Muriel, or the Time of Return
Directed By
Alain Resnais
Country
Italy
Language
French
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The Story
Original title: Muriel, ou le Temps d'un retour
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.
Written By
Jean Cayrol
Producer
Anatole Dauman
Cinematography
Sacha Vierny
Music
Hans Werner Henze
Editor
Kenout Peltier
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
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Cast
Delphine Seyrig
Hélène Aughain
Jean-Pierre Kérien
Alphonse Noyard
Jean-Baptiste Thiérrée
Bernard Aughain
Nita Klein
Françoise
Claude Sainval
Roland de Smoke
Laurence Badie
Claudie
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
Catherine de Seynes
Angèle
Gaston Joly
Antoine, le tailleur
Gérard Lorin
Marc
Françoise Bertin
Simone
Wanda Kérien
La cliente
Jean-Jacques Lagarde
L'employé du casino
// crew
Crew
Alain Resnais
Director
Jean Cayrol
Writer
Anatole Dauman
Producer
Hans Werner Henze
Original Music Composer
Sacha Vierny
Director of Photography
Kenout Peltier
Editor
Éric Pluet
Editor
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