| The Long Absence (Une Aussi Longue Absence) | |
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| Directed by | Henri Colpi |
| Written by | Marguerite Duras Gérard Jarlot |
| Produced by | Alberto Barsanti Claude Jaeger Jacques Nahum (executive producer) |
| Starring | Alida Valli Georges Wilson Charles Blavette |
| Cinematography | Marcel Weiss |
| Edited by | Jasmine Chasney Jacqueline Meppiel |
| Music by | Georges Delerue |
| Distributed by | Commercial Pictures |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
The Long Absence (French: Une aussi longue absence, "Such a long absence") is a 1961 French drama film directed by Henri Colpi. It tells the story of Therese (Alida Valli), a Puteaux café owner mourning 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.
The Long Absence shared the Palme d'Or prize with the Luis Buñuel film Viridiana at the 1961 Cannes Film Festival.