In the seacoast town of Boulogne, Hélène sells antique furniture, living with her step-son, Bernard, who's back from military duty in Algiers. An old lover of Hélène's comes to visit - Alphonse - with his niece Françoise; he too is back from Algiers, where he ran a café. Bernard speaks of his fiancée, Muriel, whom Hélène has not met. The narrative, like memory and intention, is jumpy, the past obscured by guilt, misperceptions, and missed possibilities. Appearances deceive, things change. As Hélène and Alphonse try to sort out a renewal, everyone seems off-kilter just enough to hint that all cannot end well. Can anyone know another?
Keywords
- Cine-Short: 90 Minutes of cinema
- Escape to the 60's
- La Biennale di Venezia !
- Mostra: The best from the previous years
- Just released
- Nouvelle Vague
- identity
Actors
- Martine Vatel
- Catherine de Seynes
- Laurence Badie
- Robert Bordenave
- Wanda Kérien
- Jean Dasté
- Delphine Seyrig
- Françoise Bertin
- Nita Klein
- Claude Sainval
- Jean-Jacques Lagarde
- Gérard Lorin
- Jean Champion
- Yves Vincent
- Philippe Laudenbach
- Gaston Joly
- Nelly Borgeaud
- Julien Verdier
- Laure Paillette
- Jean-Pierre Kérien
- Jean-Baptiste Thierrée
Director
- Alain Resnais
Timeless
1h 56min
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In the seacoast town of Boulogne, Hélène sells antique furniture, living with her step-son, Bernard, who's back from military duty in Algiers. An old lover of Hélène's comes to visit - Alphonse - with his niece Françoise; he too is back from Algiers, where he ran a café. Bernard speaks of his fiancée, Muriel, whom Hélène has not met. The narrative, like memory and intention, is jumpy, the past obscured by guilt, misperceptions, and missed possibilities. Appearances deceive, things change. As Hélène and Alphonse try to sort out a renewal, everyone seems off-kilter just enough to hint that all cannot end well. Can anyone know another?
In the seacoast town of Boulogne, Hélène sells antique furniture, living with her step-son, Bernard, who's back from military duty in Algiers. An old lover of Hélène's comes to visit - Alphonse - with his niece Françoise; he too is back from Algiers, where he ran a café. Bernard speaks of his fiancée, Muriel, whom Hélène has not met. The narrative, like memory and intention, is jumpy, the past obscured by guilt, misperceptions, and missed possibilities. Appearances deceive, things change. As Hélène and Alphonse try to sort out a renewal, everyone seems off-kilter just enough to hint that all cannot end well. Can anyone know another?
Festivals
Cast & Crew
Director
Alain Resnais
Cast
Martine Vatel
Cast
Catherine de Seynes
Cast
Laurence Badie
Cast
Robert Bordenave
Cast
Wanda Kérien
Cast
Jean Dasté
Cast
Delphine Seyrig
Cast
Françoise Bertin
Cast
Nita Klein
Cast
Claude Sainval
Cast
Jean-Jacques Lagarde
Cast
Gérard Lorin
Cast
Jean Champion
Cast
Yves Vincent
Cast
Philippe Laudenbach
Cast
Gaston Joly
Cast
Nelly Borgeaud
Cast
Julien Verdier
Cast
Laure Paillette
Cast
Jean-Pierre Kérien
Cast
Jean-Baptiste Thierrée