Muriel, or the Time of Return(1963)
In the seacoast town of Boulogne, antique furniture saleswoman HélÚne lives with her stepson, Bernard, who's back from military duty in Algiers. An old lover of HélÚne'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 HélÚne has not met. The past is obscured by guilt, misperceptions, and missed possibilities. Appearances deceive, things change. As HélÚne and Alphonse try to sort out a renewal, everyone seems off-kilter just enough to hint that all cannot end well.