Story of movie The Long Absence : The Long Absence (French: Une aussi longue absence) is a 1961 French film directed by Henri Colpi. It tells the story of Therese (Alida Valli), a 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 (Une Aussi Longue Absence) | |
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| Directed by | Henri Colpi |
| Produced by | Alberto Barsanti Claude Jaeger Jacques Nahum (executive producer) |
| Written by | Marguerite Duras Gérard Jarlot |
| Starring | Alida Valli Georges Wilson Charles Blavette |
| Music by | Georges Delerue |
| Cinematography | Marcel Weiss |
| Edited by | Jasmine Chasney Jacqueline Meppiel |
| Distributed by | Commercial Pictures |
Release date | 17 May 1961 (France) 15 November 1962 (U.S.) |
Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
The Long Absence shared the Palme d'Or prize with the Luis Buñuel film Viridiana at the 1961 Cannes Film Festival.
- Alida Valli as Thérèse Langlois
- Georges Wilson as The Tramp
- Charles Blavette as Fernand
- Amédée as Marcel Langlois
- Paul Faivre as Pensioner
- Pierre Parel as Manager
- Catherine Fonteney as Alice
- Diane Lepvrier as Martine (as Diana Lepvrier)
- Nane Germon as Simone
- Georges Bellec as Young man
- Charles Bouillaud as Favier
- Corrado Guarducci as Workman
- Clément Harari as Man at Juke Box
- Jean Luisi as Workman
- Pierre Mirat as Druggist
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