The Absence (1992 film)

The Absence
The Absence
Directed by	Peter Handke
Screenplay by	Peter Handke
Based on	The Absence by Peter Handke
Cinematography	Agnès Godard
Edited by	Peter Przygodda
Music by	Joseph-Maria Bargadi; Heinrich Schutz
Release date	6 September 1992 (Venice);
Running time	112 minutes
Countries	France; Germany; Spain
Languages	French; German; Spanish

The Absence (French: L'Absence; German: Die Abwesenheit) is a 1992 French-German-Spanish drama film directed by Peter Handke. It follows the journey of four nameless people: the old man, the woman, the soldier, and the gambler. The film is based on Handke's novella with the same name. It premiered in competition at the 49th Venice International Film Festival.

Cast[edit]

Bruno Ganz as the gambler
Jeanne Moreau as the writer's wife
Alex Descas as the soldier
Eustaquio Barjau as the writer
Sophie Semin as the young woman
Arielle Dombasle

Release[edit]

The film premiered on 6 September 1992 in competition at the 49th Venice International Film Festival. It was released in France on 20 January 1993 and Germany on 24 February 1994.^[1]^[2]

Reception[edit]

Thomas Quinn Curtiss wrote in The New York Times: "The movie, being shown at the film festival here, follows four people - an old man, a young woman, a soldier and a player - as they walk about an imaginary topography across continents, hoping to escape from their everyday existence. ... They pontificate and recite monologues, but as they arrive at no conclusions the spectator may wonder whether their journey was really necessary."^[3]

References[edit]

^ "L'absence". AlloCiné (in French). Retrieved 2017-02-12.
^ "Die Abwesenheit". Filmportal.de. Retrieved 2017-02-12.
^ Curtiss, Thomas Quinn (12 September 1992). "Venice Fest: Peter Handke, David Mamet". The New York Times. Retrieved 2017-02-12.

External links[edit]

The Absence at IMDb

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[1] "L'absence". AlloCiné (in French). Retrieved 2017-02-12.

[2] "Die Abwesenheit". Filmportal.de. Retrieved 2017-02-12.

[3] Curtiss, Thomas Quinn (12 September 1992). "Venice Fest: Peter Handke, David Mamet". The New York Times. Retrieved 2017-02-12.

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Bibliography
Drama	Offending the Audience (1966) Kaspar (1967) The Hour We Knew Nothing of Each Other (1992) Storm Still (2010)
Prose	The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick (1970) Short Letter, Long Farewell (1972) A Sorrow Beyond Dreams (1972) A Moment of True Feeling (1975) Slow Homecoming (1979) Repetition (1986) Once Again for Thucydides (1990) My Year in the No-Man's-Bay (1994) A Journey to the Rivers (1996) Crossing the Sierra de Gredos (2002) The Moravian Night (2008)
Films	Written and directed: The Left-Handed Woman (1978) The Absence (1992) Written only: The Goalkeeper's Fear of the Penalty (1972) The Wrong Move (1975) Wings of Desire (1987) Subject: Peter Handke: In the Woods, Might Be Late (2016)