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The Long Absence
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1961 film by Henri Colpi
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The Long Absence, originally titled Une aussi longue absence, is a 1961 French black-and-white drama film. Directed by Henri Colpi, the screenplay was written by Marguerite Duras, Henri Colpi, and Gérard Jarlot. The cast includes Alida Valli, Georges Wilson, Charles Blavette, and Philippe de Chérisey, with Georges Delerue composing the music and Marcel Weiss serving as director of photography.
The narrative is set in Paris. The film has a runtime of 98 minutes according to one source and 94 minutes according to another. It was released in May 1961, with specific dates listed as May 14, May 17, and May 19. The movie received the Palme d'Or and the Louis Delluc Prize. It is distributed by Netflix via video on demand.
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Vinony catalogs The Long Absence in its Palme d'Or collection (157 entries).
Vinony's link graph records 135 inbound references to The Long Absence, and connects out to French, World War II and IMDb.
Vinony files it under 1961 drama films, 1961 films and 1961 French-language films.
Vinony links it to 22 Wikipedia language editions.
Film · TMDB
6.7Therese, 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.
Cast
- Alida Valli as Thérèse Langlois
- Georges Wilson as le clochard
- Charles Blavette as Fernand, un client du café
- Philippe de Chérisey as Marcel Langlois
- Jacques Harden as Pierre, un camionneur
- Paul Faivre as le retraité
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Award
- Louis Delluc Prize
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- France
- Original language
- French
- Director
- Henri Colpi
- Screenwriter
- Gérard Jarlot
- Composer
- Georges Delerue
- Cinematographer
- Marcel Weiss
- Narrative location
- Paris
- Duration
- 85
- FilmAffinity ID
- 813789
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1961-05-19
- title
- Une aussi longue absence
- color
- black-and-white
- distributed by
- Netflix
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