MURIEL, OR THE TIME OF RETURN (CRITERION COLLECTION)

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• Release Year: 1963
• Genre: Drama
• Plot: Alain Resnais s Muriel, or The Time of Return, the director s follow-up to Last Year at Marienbad, is as radical a reflection on the nature of time and memory as its predecessor. The always luminous Delphine Seyrig (Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles) stars as an antique shop owner and widow in Boulogne-sur-Mer, whose past comes back to haunt her when a former lover reenters her life. Meanwhile, her stepson is tormented by his own ghosts, related to his service in France s recently ended war in Algeria. Featuring a multilayered script by Jean Cayrol, and inventively edited to evoke its middle-class characters political and personal realities, the fragmented, emotionally powerful Muriel reminds viewers that the past is always present.; ; DVD SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES; - New 4K digital restoration; - Excerpt from the 1980 documentary Une approche d Alain Resnais, révolutionnaire discret; - Excerpt from a 1969 interview with actor Delphine Seyrig; - Interview with composer Hans Werner Henze from 1963; - New interview with film scholar François Thomas, author of L atelier d Alain Resnais; - Trailer; - New English subtitle translation; - PLUS: An essay by film scholar James Quandt; ;
• Cast: Delphine Seyrig, Jean-Pierre Kérien, Nita Klein, Jean-Baptiste Thiérrée, Claude Sainval, Laurence Badie, Jean Champion, Jean Dasté, Martine Vatel, Julien Verdier, Philippe Laudenbach, Nelly Borgeaud, Catherine de Seynes, Gaston Joly, Gérard Lorin, Françoise Bertin, Wanda Kerien, Jean-Jacques Lagarde, Laure Paillette, Robert Bordenave, Yves Vincent, Alain Resnais, Jean Cayrol, Anatole Dauman, Sacha Vierny, Kenout Peltier, Eric Pluet, Hans Werner Henze, Antoine Bonfanti, Jean Nény, Jacques Saulnier
• Director: Alain Resnais
• Runtime: 1:56
• Company: 20th Century Fox Italia, Argos films, Alpha Productions, Eclair, Les Films de la Pléiade, Dear Film Produzione, Janus Films, The Criterion Collection
• Media Format: Movie