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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  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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  Claude Sainval

  Roland de Smoke
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  Laurence Badie

  Claudie
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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