The Long Absence

The Long Absence

Infobox_Film
name = The Long Absence
(Une Aussi Longue Absence)


image_size= 175px
imdb_id = 0054426
amg_id = 1:100077
producer =
director = Henri Colpi
writer = Marguerite Duras
Gérard Jarlot
starring = Alida Valli
Georges Wilson
Charles Blavette
music = Georges Delerue
cinematography = Marcel Weiss
editing =
distributor = Commercial Pictures
released = flagicon|France 17 May, 1961
flagicon|USA 15 November, 1962
runtime = 85 min.
language = French

"The Long Absence" ( _fr. Une aussi longue absence) is a 1961 film directed by Henri Colpi. It tells the story of Therese (Alida Valli), a café owner mourning the mysterious loss of her husband sixteen years ago; she then meets a tramp who turns out to be her husband suffering from amnesia, and tries to bring back his memory.

"The Long Absence" shared the Palme d'Or prize with the film "Viridiana" at the Cannes Film Festival in 1961.

External links

*imdb title|id=0054426|title=Une aussi longue absence
* [http://www.festival-cannes.com/films/fiche_film.php?langue=6002&id_film=3247 Cannes profile]

###@@@KEY@@@###succession box
title=Palme d'Or
years=1961
tied with "Viridiana"
before="La dolce vita"
after="O Pagador de Promessas"


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