The Long Absence
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Production year1961
French release17/05/1961
Runtime1 h 30 min
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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Actors (18)
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
- Screenwriters : Marguerite Duras, Gérard Jarlot
- Dialogue Writers : Marguerite Duras, Gérard Jarlot
- Director of Photography : Marcel Weiss
- Music Composer : Georges Delerue
- Editors : Jasmine Chasney, Jacqueline Meppiel
- Sound recordists : Séverin Frankiel, Jean-Claude Marchetti, René Breteau
- Producer : Jacques Nahum
- Production Designer : Maurice Colasson
- 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
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The Long Absence shared the Palme d'Or prize with the film Viridiana at the 1961 Cannes Film Festival.
