What is Muriel / Last Year At Marienbad about?

Double Feature: 50th Anniversary! MURIEL (MURIEL OU LE TEMPS D’UN RETOUR), 1963, 116 min. Arguably his greatest masterpiece, director Alain Resnais’ third feature could be described as an expressionist cityscape of Boulogne in 1962, within the context of the Algerian war. It's also the story of Hélène (Delphine Seyrig) attempting to seduce her old lover, Alphonse, while her stepson is driven to murder in memory of "Muriel," whom we never see. LAST YEAR AT MARIENBAD (L'ANNEE DERNIERE A MARIENBAD), 1961, Rialto Pictures, 94 min. Dir. Alain Resnais. This classic film traces the elliptical affair between a husband, a wife and her lover. They wander through a baroque castle and a futurist garden where there is no clear distinction between reality and fantasy, past and present. In French with English subtitles.

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What is Muriel / Last Year At Marienbad about?: Double Feature: 50th Anniversary! MURIEL (MURIEL OU LE TEMPS D’UN RETOUR), 1963, 116 min. Arguably his greatest masterpiece, director Alain Resnais’ third feature could be described as an expressionist cityscape of Boulogne in 1962, within the context of the Algerian war. It's also the story of Hélène (Delphine Seyrig) attempting to seduce her old lover, Alphonse, while her stepson is driven to murder in memory of "Muriel," whom we never see.

LAST YEAR AT MARIENBAD (L'ANNEE DERNIERE A MARIENBAD), 1961, Rialto Pictures, 94 min. Dir. Alain Resnais. This classic film traces the elliptical affair between a husband, a wife and her lover. They wander through a baroque castle and a futurist garden where there is no clear distinction between reality and fantasy, past and present. In French with English subtitles.