Muriel, or the Time of Return

Oct 1, 1963

1h 57m

★ 6.9

Overview

In the seaside town of Boulogne, no one seems to be able to cope with their past, least of all Hélène, an antique furniture saleswoman, her stepson Bernard, and her former lover Alphonse.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Alpha Productions

Argos films

Muriel, or the Time of Return Trailers

Cast

Hélène Aughain

Delphine Seyrig

Alphonse Noyard

Jean-Pierre Kérien

Bernard Aughain

Jean-Baptiste Thiérrée

Françoise

Nita Klein

Roland de Smoke

Claude Sainval

Claudie

Laurence Badie

Marie-Dominique, aka Marie-Do

Martine Vatel

Robert

Philippe Laudenbach

Ernest

Jean Champion

L'homme à la chèvre / The Goat Man

Jean Dasté

Le loueur de chevaux / The Stableman

Julien Verdier

La femme du couple d'acheteurs

Nelly Borgeaud

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