Muriel Movie Review 1963

A complex, mosaic drama about a middle-aged woman who meets an old lover at Boulogne, and her stepson who cannot forget the needless suffering he caused a young woman named Muriel while he was a soldier at war. Throughout, director Alain Resnais plumbs the essential meanings of memory, age, and the anxieties created from the tension between personal and public actions. Acclaimed; in French with subtitles.

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Available on VHS
Running time 115 minutes.
Originally from French, Italian.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Ethics & Morals

Screenplay

Jean Cayrol

Cast

Delphine Seyrig, Jean-Pierre Kerien, Nita Klein, Jean-Baptiste Thierree

Cinematography

Sacha Vierny

Director

Alain Resnais

Music

Georges Delerue

Producer

Argos Films, Alpha Films, Eclair

Awards

Venice Film Fest. 1963: Actress (Seyrig).