The Letter

The Letter

1999
1h 47m
5.9

5.9/10

14 votes • View on IMDb
Overview

A well-bred, lovely, spiritual, sad young woman marries an attentive physician who loves her. She feels affection but no love. Soon after, without design, she falls in love with Pedro Abrunhosa, a poet and performance artist. He also loves her. She keeps her distance from him, confessing her love to a friend who is a nun and, later, to her husband. Hunger for her love and jealousy consume him; she attends him as he wastes away. With his death, she can marry and express her passion, but what she does and how she explains herself, particularly to her cloistered friend, is at the heart of the film. Glimpses of convent life and of Abrunhosa on stage give contrast and mute comment.

Status: Released

Language: FR

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Production Information

Production Companies
Gemini Films Wanda Films Madragoa Filmes
Production Countries
France Portugal Spain
Spoken Languages
French Portuguese

Quick Facts

Original Title La Lettre
Release Date September 22, 1999
Status Released
Language FR
IMDb ID tt0158117

Cast

Chiara Mastroianni
Chiara Mastroianni

Mme de Clèves

Pedro Abrunhosa
Pedro Abrunhosa

Pedro Abrunhosa

Antoine Chappey
Antoine Chappey

M. de Clèves

Leonor Silveira
Leonor Silveira

La religieuse

Maria João Pires
Maria João Pires

Maria João Pires

Luis Miguel Cintra
Luis Miguel Cintra

M. da Silva

Stanislas Merhar
Stanislas Merhar

François de Guise

Ricardo Trêpa
Ricardo Trêpa

Intrus

Anny Romand
Anny Romand

Mme de Silva

Françoise Fabian
Françoise Fabian

Mme de Chartres

Key Crew

Manoel de Oliveira
Director
Manoel de Oliveira
Screenplay
Jacques Parsi
Writer
Paulo Branco
Producer

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