About
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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Alpha Productions, Argos films
Original Title
Muriel, ou le Temps d'un retour
Original Language
French
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Cast
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Delphine Seyrig
Hélène Aughain
J
Jean-Pierre Kérien
Alphonse Noyard
J
Jean-Baptiste Thiérrée
Bernard Aughain
N
Nita Klein
Françoise
C
Claude Sainval
Roland de Smoke
L
Laurence Badie
Claudie
M
Martine Vatel
Marie-Dominique, aka Marie-Do
P
Philippe Laudenbach
Robert
J
Jean Champion
Ernest
J
Jean Dasté
L'homme à la chèvre / The Goat Man
J
Julien Verdier
Le loueur de chevaux / The Stableman
N
Nelly Borgeaud
La femme du couple d'acheteurs
C
Catherine de Seynes
Angèle
G
Gérard Lorin
Marc
F
Françoise Bertin
Simone
W
Wanda Kérien
La cliente
J
Jean-Jacques Lagarde
L'employé du casino
L
Laure Paillette
La cliente dans la rue
Y
Yves Peneau
Y
Yves Vincent
... L'homme du couple d'acheteurs
