Repeated Absences

Nov 1, 1972

1h 19m

★ 4.3

Overview

François Naulet turns his bedroom into an island of drugs, loneliness and despair.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Gaumont

Les Films du Prisme

Les Productions de la Guéville

Repeated Absences Trailers

Cast

François Naulet

Patrick Penn

Sophie

Nathalie Delon

Jeanne Larivière

Claude Génia

Guy

Patrick Jouané

Marie, la femme de Guy

Corinne Le Poulain

Le père de François

Yves Robert

La mère de François

Danièle Delorme

Pierrot

Thomas Andhersen

Georges, le vieil homosexuel

Pierre Bertin

Le collègue de la banque

Richard Berry

Le directeur de la banque

Jacques Castelot

Un homme à la soirée mondaine

Max Montavon

Ken, a WWII GI, returns home after he's paralyzed in battle. Residing in the paraplegic ward of a veteran's hospital and embittered by his condition, he refuses to see his fiancée and sinks into a solitary world of hatred and hostility. Head physician, Dr. Brock cajoles the withdrawn Ken into the life of the ward, where fellow patients Norm, Leo and Angel begin to pull him out of his spiritual dilemma.

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