Une aussi longue absence (1961)
Directed by Henri Colpi

Film Synopsis

France, in the summer of 1960.  On the outskirts of Paris there is a little town called Puteaux which is home to 40-year-old Thérèse Langlois, the owner of a café on the main square.  During the war, Thérèse's husband was deported and has been considered dead for the past fifteen years.  Although time has healed some of her wounds Thérèse has remained alone, faithful to the memory of her one true love.  One day, she notices a tramp humming a familiar tune just outside her café.  Struck by his resemblance to her husband,  Thérèse follows him to the pitiful little shack by the river that is his home.  An amnesiac, the tramp fails to recognise her and yet Thérèse is persuaded that he is indeed her husband.  With infinite patience, the lonely café owner sets about reminding the stranger of their past association...