Muriel, or the Time of Return (1963)
Drama • 1ч 57м
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.
TMDB rating:
6.9
(197)
Cast
Delphine Seyrig
Hélène Aughain
Jean-Pierre Kérien
Alphonse Noyard
Jean-Baptiste Thiérrée
Bernard Aughain
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Nita Klein
Françoise
Claude Sainval
Roland de Smoke
Laurence Badie
Claudie
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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
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Gaston Joly
Antoine, le tailleur
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Gérard Lorin
Marc
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Françoise Bertin
Simone
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Wanda Kérien
La cliente
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Jean-Jacques Lagarde
L'employé du casino
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Jean-Paul Chevalier
Laure Paillette
La cliente dans la rue
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Robert Bordenave
Le croupier
Yves Peneau
Yves Vincent
... L'homme du couple d'acheteurs
Crew
Jean Cayrol
Dialogue
Alain Resnais
Director
Jean Cayrol
Scenario Writer
Jean Cayrol
Writer
Anatole Dauman
Producer
Pierre Braunberger
Co-Producer
Alexandre Marcus
Makeup Artist
Kenout Peltier
Editor
Éric Pluet
Editor
Michel Choquet
Unit Manager
Hans Werner Henze
Original Music Composer
Jacques Saulnier
Production Design
Janou Pottier
Hairstylist
Éliane Marcus
Makeup Artist
Sacha Vierny
Director of Photography
Lucilla Mussini
Costume Design
Antoine Bonfanti
Sound
Jean Nény
Sound Mixer
Jean Léon
Assistant Director
Philippe Dussart
Production Manager
Pierre Grunstein
Assistant Director
Liliane de Kermadec
Still Photographer
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