The Long Absence
Since the beginnings of the Septième art, French pioneers have left their marks, weaving a privileged bond between the history of this medium and the cinematography of their country, that has never been denied over the decades. This recurring cycle aims to remind to film lovers, some of the treasures of this heritage, preserved in the collections of the Cinémathèque.
Palme d'Or at Cannes Film Festival in 1961
Louis Delluc Prize in 1960
Therese runs a café in Paris; she lost her husband when he disappeared sixteen years earlier, and, while time has healed some of her wounds, she's still a lonely person. One day, a tramp passes by humming a familiar tune, and Therese is convinced that the vagabond is her husband. She follows him to his home, a tiny shack by the river, and tries to question him about his past. She discovers that the tramp suffers from amnesia and has no clear memory of his past. Therese brings him back to her cafe in hopes of jogging his memory and renewing the love they once knew.
Henri Colpi
Henri Colpi is a French film editor, screenwriter and director. After studying literature in Montpellier, he attended IDHEC, graduating in 1946. He made a name for himself as an editor in the 1950s, working with Charles Chaplin, Henri-Georges Clouzot and Alain Resnais. For many years, he taught editing at the Institut national supérieur des arts du spectacle et des techniques de diffusion in Brussels. His first film, Une aussi longue absence, based on a screenplay by Marguerite Duras, won the Palme d'or at the Cannes Film Festival in 1961, after winning the Prix Louis-Delluc the previous year. A close friend of Georges Brassens since their adolescence, he wrote the lyrics to the song Heureux qui comme Ulysse.
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