Muriel, or the Time of Return

(1963)

★ 6.9 IMDb · 198 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 1963

Runtime: 117 мин

Country: Italy, France

Director: Alain Resnais

Cast: Дельфин Сейриг, Jean-Pierre Kérien, Jean-Baptiste Thiérrée, Nita Klein, Claude Sainval, Laurence Badie, Martine Vatel, Philippe Laudenbach, Jean Champion, Jean Dasté

Plot

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.