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Une aussi longue absence

Original title: The Long Absence
1961 · 1 h 34 min
Directed by Henri Colpi
DramaMystery

Cast

Alida Valli Georges Wilson Diana Lepvrier

Plot

Thérèse, who runs a café in a Paris suburb, sees a tramp walking past one day and believes he is her husband, who was arrested by the Gestapo sixteen years earlier. He seems to have lost his memory. She invites him in and tries to bring back his past. Henri Colpi's 1961 film, with Alida Valli, written with Marguerite Duras, shared the Palme d'Or at Cannes.

Sinekatalog’s take

Henri Colpi's Palme d'Or winner follows a Paris café owner who believes a tramp is her husband, taken by the Gestapo sixteen years earlier. Alida Valli is superb in a quiet, aching study of memory and wartime wounds.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.0 / 10 (1,301 votes)
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