The Letter
The Letter

The Letter

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1999
1h 47m
5.9(14 votes)
Drama

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.

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Production Companies

Wanda Films

Cast & Crew

10 members
Acting

Chiara Mastroianni

Mme de Clèves

Chiara Mastroianni
Acting

Pedro Abrunhosa

Pedro Abrunhosa

Pedro Abrunhosa
Acting

Antoine Chappey

M. de Clèves

Antoine Chappey
Acting

Leonor Silveira

La religieuse

Leonor Silveira
Acting

Maria João Pires

Maria João Pires

Maria João Pires
Acting

Luís Miguel Cintra

M. da Silva

Luís Miguel Cintra
Acting

Stanislas Merhar

François de Guise

Stanislas Merhar
Acting

Ricardo Trêpa

Intrus

Ricardo Trêpa
Acting

Anny Romand

Mme de Silva

Anny Romand
Acting

Françoise Fabian

Mme de Chartres

Françoise Fabian

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