The Long Absence(Movie, 1961)

Name: The Long Absence
Genre: Drama
Released: 1961
Duration: T01:25:00
Rating: 3.3

Original title: "Une aussi longue absence" (French/FR)

1h 25min | Genre: Drama

Rating: 3.3/5 (with 12 votes)

The Long Absence (French: Une aussi longue absence, "Such a long absence") is a 1961 French film directed by Henri Colpi. It tells the story of Therese (Alida Valli), a Puteaux café owner mourning the mysterious disappearance of her husband sixteen years earlier. A tramp arrives in the town and she believes him to be her husband. But he is suffering from amnesia and she tries to bring back his memory of earlier times. The Long Absence shared the Palme d'Or prize with the Luis Buñuel film Viridiana at the 1961 Cannes Film Festival. ()

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Awards & Nominations for The Long Absence

Palme d'Or Louis Delluc Prize

About The Long Absence

Therese, a café owner, mourns the mysterious disappearance of her husband sixteen years earlier. A tramp arrives in the town and she believes him to be her husband. But he is suffering from amnesia and she tries to bring back his memory of earlier times.

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Additional Information

Production country: France

Plays in: Paris

Original language: French (FR)

Spoken languages: French (FR)

Translated into 9 languages: German (DE), English (EN), French (FR), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Georgian (KA), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date GR: 05/17/1961

Cast: Alida Valli, Georges Wilson, Charles Blavette, Philippe de Chérisey, Catherine Fonteney, Charles Bouillaud, Corrado Guarducci, Diane Lepvrier, Jacques Harden, Michel Risbourg, Nane Germon, Paul Faivre, Paul Pavel, Pierre Mirat, Pierre Vernet, Clément Harari, Georges Bellec, Jean Luisi

Director: Henri Colpi

Screenwriter: Marguerite Duras, Henri Colpi, Gérard Jarlot

Film Editor: Jasmine Chasney, Jacqueline Meppiel

Director of Photography: Marcel Weiss

Composer: Georges Delerue

Color: Black & White (B/W)

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The Long Absence(Movie, 1961)

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