The Letter (1999 film)
The Letter (French: La Lettre, Portuguese: A Carta) is a 1999 French-Portuguese drama film directed by Manoel de Oliveira. It tells the story of a married woman who has feelings for another man, and who confesses her feelings to her friend, a cloistered nun. The film is loosely based on the 1678 French novel The Princess of Cleves by Madame de Lafayette.[2][3][4]
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| Directed by | Manoel de Oliveira |
| Written by | Manoel de Oliveira Jacques Parsi |
| Starring | Chiara Mastroianni |
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Running time | 107 minutes |
| Country | France Portugal |
| Language | French Portuguese |
| Box office | $766,920 [1] |
The film was entered into the 1999 Cannes Film Festival where it won the Jury Prize.[5]
Cast
- Chiara Mastroianni as Mme de Clèves
- Pedro Abrunhosa as Pedro Abrunhosa
- Antoine Chappey as M. de Clèves
- Leonor Silveira as La religieuse
- Françoise Fabian as Mme de Chartres
- Maria João Pires as Maria João Pires
- Anny Romand as Mme de Silva
- Luís Miguel Cintra as M. Da Silva
- Stanislas Merhar as François de Guise
- Claude Lévèque as Le médecin de Mme de Chartres
- Ricardo Trêpa as Intrus
- Alain Guillo as Le directeur de Jouillerie
- Jean-Loup Wolff as Le médecin de l'hôpital
- Alexandre Nanaia
- Marcel Terroux as Le Jardinier
References
- http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=2869
- Stratton, David (1 June 1999). "The Letter". Variety. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
- Rosenbaum, Jonathan. "The Letter". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
- Holden, Stephen (28 September 1999). "FILM FESTIVAL REVIEWS; Just an Old-Fashioned Girl, Pining for Elusive Perfection". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 27 May 2015.
- "Festival de Cannes: The Letter". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-10-06.
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