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The Long Absence

1961 · 98 min

A quiet, sorrowful watch that lingers on faces and small gestures, asking you to sit with uncertainty and longing.

Directed by: Henri Colpi
Genres: Drama
Starring: Alida Valli, Georges Wilson, Charles Blavette

Overview: Therese, 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.

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Directed by: Henri Colpi
Genres: Drama
Starring: Alida Valli, Georges Wilson, Charles Blavette

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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: memory
grief
identity
love
isolation
Places: big city
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	1
Realism	8
Romance	3
Tension	4
Darkness	5
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Henri Colpi
Written by: Marguerite Duras, Gérard Jarlot
Starring: Alida Valli, Georges Wilson, Charles Blavette, Philippe de Chérisey, Jacques Harden, Paul Faivre, Catherine Fonteney, Diane Lepvrier
Music: Georges Delerue
Cinematography: Marcel Weiss
Runtime: 98 min
Country: France
Languages: French

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