Alphonse Noyard — Muriel, or the Time of Return Character Profile

About Alphonse Noyard

Café owner and Hélène's old lover, recently returned from military service in Algiers. He visits Boulogne with his niece, seeking to rebuild a connection with Hélène amid lingering guilt and misperceptions.

Alphonse Noyard — Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

Jean-Pierre Kérien

Appears in

Muriel, or the Time of Return (1963)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (3)

• Alphonse Noyard — Romantic Former Lover — Hélène Aughain (Delphine Seyrig)

  Alphonse is an old lover of Hélène's, establishing a deep but complicated romantic history.

• Alphonse Noyard — Family Uncle — Françoise (Nita Klein)

  Alphonse travels to Boulogne accompanied by his niece, Françoise.

• Alphonse Noyard — Social Algeria Veteran Peer — Bernard Aughain (Jean-Baptiste Thiérrée)

  Both men share a military and civilian past in Algiers, creating a bond of shared experience.

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• Hélène Aughain (Delphine Seyrig)
• Bernard Aughain (Jean-Baptiste Thiérrée)
• Françoise (Nita Klein)
• Le loueur de chevaux / The Stableman (Julien Verdier)
• Roland de Smoke (Claude Sainval)
• Angèle (Catherine de Seynes)
• Le croupier (Robert Bordenave)
• La cliente (Wanda Kérien)
• L'employé du casino (Jean-Jacques Lagarde)
• La cliente dans la rue (Laure Paillette)
• Marc (Gérard Lorin)
• Simone (Françoise Bertin)