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Muriel (French: Muriel ou le temps d'un
retour, literally Muriel, or the Time of a
Return) is a 1963 film by
French film director Alain Resnais. Muriel followed
Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959) and
Last Year at Marienbad
(1961) and was Resnais' second collaboration with Jean Cayrol, who had
also written the screenplay of Night and Fog (1955).
Plot
Hélène (Delphine Seyrig), a widow who runs an
antique business from her own apartment in Boulogne-sur-Mer, is suddenly visited
by a past lover (Jean-Pierre Kérien). Her stepson,
Bernard (Jean-Baptiste Thiérrée), is tormented by the memory of a
girl named Muriel whom he had participated in torturing in Algeria.
Style and
aesthetic
As in his previous works, Resnais explores past, present and
memory, though this time he uses a linear narrative.
Muriel's montage is strongly characterized by jump cuts, a style that is
introduced early on during the first scene. The film is also
punctuated by a recurrent female vocal sung in an operatic manner.
Predominant is the idea that one can never fully know the people to
whom they are even intimately close, as each person is a world of
their own. Although the film does not take place in Algeria, it is
a traumatic memory that affects Bernard's ability to carry on with
his life normally.
Awards
Delphine Seyrig won a Volpi Cup for best actress at the 1963 Venice
Film Festival. The film was nominated for a Golden Lion.
See also
External
links
| Films directed by Alain Resnais |
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| Feature films |
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| Short films |
L'aventure de Guy (1936) · Schéma d'une identification
(1946) · Ouvert pour cause d'inventaire
(1946) · Visite à Oscar Dominguez
(1947) · Visite à Lucien Coutaud
(1947) · Visite à Hans Hartung
(1947) · Visite à Félix Labisse
(1947) · Visite à César Doméla
(1947) · Van Gogh
(1947) · Portrait d'Henri Goetz
(1947) · Le lait Nestlé
(1947) · L'alcool tue
(1947) · La bague
(1947) · Journée naturelle
(1947) · Van Gogh
(1948) · Malfray
(1948) · Les jardins de Paris
(1948) · Châteaux de France
(1948) · Guernica
(1950) · Gauguin
(1950) · Statues Also Die
(1953) · Night and Fog
(1955) · Toute la mémoire du monde
(1956) · Le mystère de l'atelier quinze
(1957) · Le chant du Styrène
(1958)
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October
13, 1963
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