Synopsis:
Seyrig is a fortyish widow dealing antique furniture from her apartment, who invites an old flame she hasn’t seen since the Algerian war to visit her and her troubled eccentric filmmaker stepson (Thierre), whom she shares an apartment with in Boulogne (a city in the provinces). The stepson is a recent veteran of the Algerian war who can’t escape the memory of a young girl named Muriel he tortured and killed during the war, as he watches grainy 8mm film clips of newsreels which remind him of the Arab girl.Read More »
Nita Klein
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Alain Resnais – Muriel ou Le temps d’un retour AKA Muriel, or The Time of Return (1963)
Alain Resnais1961-1970Amos Vogel: Film as a Subversive ArtArthouseDramaFrance