Muriel, or the Time of Return

Name: Muriel, or the Time of Return
Genre: Drama
Released: 1963-10-01
Duration: 117 min
Rating: 6.9

1h 57m French

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Muriel, or the Time of Return

1h 57m French

★ #49,606 Drama

#widow #mother son relationship #french new wave

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.

Director Alain Resnais

Scenario Writer, Dialogue, Writer Jean Cayrol