The Long Absence

Name: The Long Absence
Director: Henri Colpi
Released: 1961
Duration: 85 min
Rating: 6.9
Cast: Alida Valli, Georges Wilson, Charles Blavette, Amédée, Paul Faivre

1961 · 85 MIN · IMDB 6.9 · 1,143 VOTES · DIR. Henri Colpi

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.

Dialogue Timeline — 714 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:01 The film we present to you won First Prize

00:08:01 That's my sister...

00:09:33 See you tomorrow, Thérèse.

00:12:33 Well normally, we all go on vacation.

00:16:17 And even if I wanted to, I wouldn't be able to find the words.

00:20:44 Aren't you thirsty?

00:23:17 A singer?

00:36:40 Not all of them.

00:46:40 But they don't pay, you know.

00:53:29 Yes.

00:55:09 and was given a decoration.

00:57:45 you often say...

00:59:36 Because it's where he lived—

01:01:12 how could you recognize...

01:04:51 we could talk.

01:07:24 Our Holiday...

01:13:07 It's not impossible to find it in Paris.

01:15:04 But I remember the taste of it very well.

01:16:56 you start walking...

01:22:33 if he doesn't remember her? - Well yes, but put yourself in her place.

01:24:17 A whole life would open up behind you...

01:26:00 Didn't they hold out any hope

01:30:50 Dear me...

01:35:42 He isn't hurt.

Cast & Characters

Alida Valli Thérèse Langlois Georges Wilson Le clochard Charles Blavette Fernand Amédée Marcel Langlois Paul Faivre Le retraité Pierre Parel Un agent Catherine Fonteney Alice Langlois Diane Lepvrier Martine Nane Germon Simone Georges Bielec Le blouson noir

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed714

Dialogue density8.4 lines / min

First line00:00:01

Final line01:35:42

Production Record

DirectorHenri Colpi

LanguageFrench

IMDb votes1,143