L'absent (1997)
1h 18m
Running Time
September 17, 1997Release Date
Plot.
Though it happened decades before, Roland Kadar is still unclear as to the circumstances that led his father Paul to drown himself in the Danube during the 1950s, and so he heads to Europe to find out for himself. His grim journey takes him to such places as Budapest, Warsaw and Prague. He even visits Tokyo. The major scenes consist of interiors inter-spliced with black-and-white footage of other European locals and old family photographs.
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Cast & Crew.
Roland Bréard
Original Music Composer
Bobo Vian
Erzsébet Szabó
Gabor Zsigovics
Céline Baril
Director
István Lakatos
Céline Baril
Director / Writer
Michel Lamothe
Director of Photography
Details.
Wiki.
The Absent One (French: L'Absent) is a 1997 Canadian experimental film written and directed by Céline Baril.
The idea for the film was inspired by Baril's discovery in a Paris flea market of a dusty old photo album. Interior scenes, and all exteriors of European cities, including Rome, Vienna, Budapest and Prague, as well as glimpses (footage) of old B&W photos of a family, were shot in 8 mm and blown up to 16 mm for effect.