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The Letter (1999)

The Letter

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1h 47m

Drama

November 19th, 1999

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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.

1 wins and 4 nominations

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Cast

Chiara Mastroianni
Mme de Clèves
Pedro Abrunhosa
Pedro Abrunhosa
Antoine Chappey
M. de Clèves
Leonor Silveira
La religieuse
Françoise Fabian
Mme de Chartres
Maria João Pires
Maria João Pires
Anny Romand
Mme de Silva
Luís Miguel Cintra
M. Da Silva
Stanislas Merhar
François de Guise
Claude Lévèque
Le médecin de Mme de Chartres
Full cast & crew

Directors

Manoel de Oliveira
Full cast & crew

Producers

Paulo Branco
producer
Nuno Martins
executive producer
Full cast & crew

Writers

Manoel de Oliveira
scenario and dialogue
Madame de La Fayette
(inspired by the book "La Princesse de Clèves") (as Mme. de Lafayette)
Jacques Parsi
translation french
Full cast & crew

Keywords

based on novel
letter
male female relationship
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Country of Origin

France
Portugal
Spain

Languages

French
Portuguese

Release Dates

November 19th, 1999 (Argentina) (Mar del Plata Film Festival)
March 21st, 2009 (Brazil) (Cine Santander, Porto Alegre)
September 10th, 1999 (Canada) (Toronto International Film Festival)
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Alternative Titles

La lettre (original title)
A Carta (Brazil)
La lettre (France)
All Alternative Titles

Locations

Paris, France

Running Times

107 min

Sound Mixes

Dolby SR

Aspect Ratios

1.66 : 1

Production Companies

Radiotelevisão Portuguesa (RTP) (participation)
Wanda Films (co-production: Espagne)
Wanda Visión S.A.
All Production Companies

Distribution Companies

Europa Filmes (Brazil)
Gemini Films (France)
Groupement National des Cinémas de Recherche (GNCR) (France) (support)
All Distribution Companies

Other Companies

Assurances Continentales, Les (insurances)
Peugeot (thanks)
Laboratoires Franay Tirages Cinematographiques (LTC) (studio)
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