Muriel, or The Time of Return (1963)
Muriel ou Le temps d'un retour (original title)

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Delphine Seyrig	...	Hélène Aughain
	Jean-Pierre Kérien	...	Alphonse Noyard
	Nita Klein	...	Françoise
	Jean-Baptiste Thiérrée	...	Bernard Aughain (as Jean-Baptiste Thierrée)
	Claude Sainval	...	Roland de Smoke
	Laurence Badie	...	Claudie
	Jean Champion	...	Ernest
	Jean Dasté	...	L'homme à la chèvre / The Goat Man
	Martine Vatel	...	Marie-Dominique, aka Marie-Do
	Julien Verdier	...	Le loueur de chevaux / The Stableman
	Philippe Laudenbach	...	Robert
	Nelly Borgeaud	...	La femme du couple d'acheteurs
	Catherine de Seynes	...	Angèle
	Gaston Joly	...	Antoine, le tailleur / Antoine the Tailor
	Gérard Lorin	...	Marc

Storyline

In the seacoast town of Boulogne, Hélène sells antique furniture, living with her step-son, 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 narrative, like memory and intention, is jumpy, the past 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. Can anyone know another? Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>  

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