- 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|France17 May ,1961
flagicon|USA15 November ,1962
runtime = 85 min.
language = French"The Long Absence" ( _fr. Une aussi longue absence) is a
1961 film directed byHenri 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 fromamnesia , and tries to bring back his memory."The Long Absence" shared the
Palme d'Or prize with the film "Viridiana " at theCannes 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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