The Long Absence
Synopsis
Therese (Alida Valli) runs a café in Paris; she lost her husband when he disappeared sixteen years earlier, and, while time has healed some of her wounds, she's still a lonely person. One day, a tramp (Georges Wilson) passes by humming a familiar tune, and Therese is convinced that the vagabond is her husband. She follows him to his home, a tiny shack by the river, and tries to question him about his past. She discovers that the tramp suffers from amnesia and has no clear memory of his past. Therese brings him back to her cafe in hopes of jogging his memory and renewing the love they once knew.
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Production and distribution (3)
- Executive Producers : Procinex, Societé Cinématographique Lyre
- Foreign production company : Galatea
- French distribution : Cocinor
Full credits (10)
- Adaptation : Marguerite Duras, Gérard Jarlot
- Dialogue Writers : Marguerite Duras, Gérard Jarlot
- Producer : Jacques Nahum
- Sound recordists : Séverin Frankiel, Jean-Claude Marchetti, René Breteau
- Screenwriters : Marguerite Duras, Gérard Jarlot
- Director of Photography : Marcel Weiss
- Editors : Jasmine Chasney, Jacqueline Meppiel
- Production Designer : Maurice Colasson
- Music Composer : Georges Delerue
- Singer : Cora Vaucaire
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- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Production language : French
- Coproducer countries : Italy, France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Majority French (Italy, France)
- Production year : 1961
- French release : 17/05/1961
- Runtime : 1 h 30 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 23853
- Visa issue date : 10/05/1961
- Approval : Unknown
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Black & White
- Aspect ratio : CinemaScope
- Audio format : Mono
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The Long Absence shared the Palme d'Or prize with the film Viridiana at the 1961 Cannes Film Festival.
