English title: Muriel, or the Time of Return.
Synopsis: Hélène lives in Boulogne-sur-mer, a coastal town in Northern France, with her stepson Bernard, who has just returned from the Algerian war. She invites Alphonse, with whom she had an affair in the past, and who claims to be a military who served in Algeria, to visit her. He brings Françoise, whom he introduces as his niece. Bernard has a fiancée in town, whom he has never introduced to Hélène and whose name he claims to be Muriel.
Appraisal: Complex in plot and in form, and possibly with deeper layers not completely well absorbed by me on this first viewing. My superficial understanding allows me to acknowledge its formal merits, as well as its rigor in character delineation; more than that will have to wait until further viewings.
Rating: 65
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