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Une Aussi Longue Absence
''The Long Absence'' (french: Une aussi longue absence, "Such a long absence") is a 1961 French 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. Plot Sixteen years after the end of World War II, Thérèse Langlois owns a pub in Puteaux, Paris. Wrapping up the season, she plans her annual vacation in Chaulieu with her lover, but is growing emotionally distant towards him. At the pub, a tramp walks by daily singing ''The Barber of Seville'' aria and other opera songs. Intrigued, Thérèse has her bartender Martine call the tramp in for a drink. The tramp, who says he lives by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claude Jaeger
Claude Jaeger (April 2, 1917 – September 16, 2004) was a Swiss-born French film producer and actor. Life and career Claude Jaeger was born on April 2, 1917, in Geneva, Switzerland. He undertook his studies in Paris and briefly worked at the Ministry of Finance, but was interrupted by World War II and he served in the French Army. After the 1940 armistice with Nazi Germany, he joined the Communist Party of Spain (PCE) at the suggestion of Manuel Azcárate, a Spanish communist in exile in France after the Republican defeat in the Spanish Civil War. After the collapse of the Nazi-Soviet alliance, Germans began rounding up the exiled Spaniards in France in 1941. Jaeger and other communists sought refuge in the ''Zone libre'' (free zone) in the southern section of Vichy France in 1942. He also began to discover his interest in the film industry and worked as an assistant director. In the ''Zone Libre'', Jaeger met Gillo Pontecorvo, an Italian filmmaker and fellow communist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |