The Long Absence

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.

• Georges DelerueOriginal Music Composer
• Henri ColpiDirector
• Gérard JarlotWriter
• Marguerite DurasWriter

• Alida ValliThérèse Langlois
• Georges Wilsonle clochard
• Charles BlavetteFernand, un client du café
• Philippe de ChériseyMarcel Langlois
• Jacques HardenPierre, un camionneur
• Paul Faivrele retraité
• Catherine FonteneyAlice Langlois
• Diane LepvrierMartine
• Nane GermonSimone
• Pierre Miratl'épicier
• Charles BouillaudFavier
• Georges Bielecun jeune homme