The Long Absence
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Henri Colpi
Alida Valli
Georges Wilson
Jacques Harden
Diana Lepvrier
Catherine Fontenay
Film Details
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Synopsis
Sixteen years after the Germans deported her husband, Thérèse Langlois notices a tramp passing her small cafe in Paris. Certain that he is her husband, Thérèse follows him to his shack by the Seine and learns he has no memory of his life before the day he awakened in a German field. Inviting him back to her cafe, she tries to reawaken his memory by talking about her husband, but to no avail. When Thérèse notices a deep scar on the back of his head, she realizes he will never remember. Undaunted, she grasps at any slight indication that he may be her husband. As he leaves the cafe, Thérèse calls out her husband's name, Albert Langlois. The stranger stands petrified and then raises his arms like a condemned man in front of a firing squad. After waiting a moment or two, he runs into the path of a bus, picks himself up, and then continues his flight. Now certain that he is her husband, Thérèse decides she has used the wrong approach; she will find the man again and help him return to his former life.
Director
Henri Colpi
Cast
Alida Valli
Georges Wilson
Jacques Harden
Diana Lepvrier
Catherine Fontenay
Amédée
Charles Blavette
Paul Faivre
Charles Bouillaud
Pierre Parel
Nane Germon
Pierre Mirat
Jean Luisi
Corrado Guarducci
Georges Bielec
Michel Risbourg
Clément Harari
Crew
René Breteau
Jasmine Chasney
Jasmine Chasney
Maurice Colasson
Georges Delerue
Gaetano Donizetti
Marguerite Duras
Marguerite Duras
Séverin Frankiel
Martin Pierre Hubrecht
Gérard Jarlot
Jean-claude Marchetti
Jacqueline Méppiel
Jacques Nahum
Gioacchino Antonio Rossini
Marcel Weiss
Film Details
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Trivia
Notes
Paris opening: May 1961 as Une aussi longue absence; running time: 90 min; Rome opening: June 1961 as L'inverno ti farà tornare; running time: 90 min.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 1961
Released in United States 1961
Co-Winner of the Palme d'Or at the 1961 Cannes Film Festival.
