Muriel, or the Time of Return is currently streaming on The Criterion Channel

Muriel, or the Time of Return (1963)116 minDramaRating 60/100

A richly nuanced drama of memory and history, this enigmatic masterpiece was Alain Resnais’s overwhelming follow-up to Last Year at Marienbad. A tale of personal and political hauntings starring the magnificent Delphine Seyrig, Muriel is as breathtakingly edited as it is emotionally devastating.

Cast: Delphine Seyrig, Jean-Pierre Kérien, Jean-Baptiste Thiérrée, Nita Klein, Claude Sainval, Laurence Badie, Martine Vatel

Director: Alain Resnais