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Muriel, or the Time of Return

Muriel, or the Time of Return

1963•1h 57m•6.9/10
Drama

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6.9/10(197)

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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Production

Alpha Productions, Argos films

Language

FR

Status

Released

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Cast

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

Jean Champion

Jean Champion

Ernest

Jean Dasté

Jean Dasté

L'homme à la chèvre / The Goat Man

Julien Verdier

Julien Verdier

Le loueur de chevaux / The Stableman

Nelly Borgeaud

Nelly Borgeaud

La femme du couple d'acheteurs

Catherine de Seynes

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

Jean-Paul Chevalier

Laure Paillette

Laure Paillette

La cliente dans la rue

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