Muriel, or the Time of Return

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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  Alain Resnais
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  Pierre Grunstein
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  Jean Léon

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  Delphine Seyrig
  Hélène Aughain
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  Jean-Pierre Kérien
  Alphonse Noyard
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  Jean-Baptiste Thiérrée
  Bernard Aughain
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  Nita Klein
  Françoise
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  Claude Sainval
  Roland de Smoke
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  Laurence Badie
  Claudie
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  Martine Vatel
  Marie-Dominique, aka Marie-Do
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  Philippe Laudenbach
  Robert
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  Jean Champion
  Ernest
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  Jean Dasté
  L'homme à la chèvre / The Goat Man
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  Julien Verdier
  Le loueur de chevaux / The Stableman
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  Nelly Borgeaud
  La femme du couple d'acheteurs
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  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
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  Laure Paillette
  La cliente dans la rue