The Letter
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The Letter

6.2 / 10 | 1h 47m | France
1999 | Drama
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.

Cast List (20)

Manoel de Oliveira
Manoel de Oliveira
Director
Chiara Mastroianni
Chiara Mastroianni
Mme de Clèves
Antoine Chappey
Antoine Chappey
M. de Clèves
Françoise Fabian
Françoise Fabian
Mme de Chartres
Stanislas Merhar
Stanislas Merhar
François de Guise
Jean-Loup Wolff
Jean-Loup Wolff
Le médecin de l'hôpital
Anny Romand
Anny Romand
Mme de Silva
Ricardo Trêpa
Ricardo Trêpa
Intrus
Claude Sempere
Claude Sempere
Voix Off Présentateur TV
Pedro Abrunhosa
Pedro Abrunhosa
Pedro Abrunhosa
Leonor Silveira
Leonor Silveira
La religieuse
Maria João Pires
Maria João Pires
Maria João Pires
Luís Miguel Cintra
Luís Miguel Cintra
M. Da Silva
Claude Lévèque
Claude Lévèque
Le médecin de Mme de Chartres
Alain Guillo
Alain Guillo
Le directeur de Jouillerie
Marcel Terroux
Marcel Terroux
Le Jardinier
Marianne Bey Zave
Marianne Bey Zave
Emploièe de Mme de Chartres
Manoel de Oliveira
Manoel de Oliveira
Writer
Madame de La Fayette
Madame de La Fayette
Writer
Jacques Parsi
Jacques Parsi
Writer

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