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The Letter is a french film of genre Drama directed by Manoel de Oliveira with Chiara Mastroianni

The Letter (1999)

The Letter
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Length 1h47
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OriginFrance
Genres Drama
Rating62% 3.146733.146733.146733.146733.14673

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 17th century French novel The Princess of Cleves by Madame de Lafayette.[1]

The film was entered into the 1999 Cannes Film Festival where it won the Jury Prize.

Synopsis

Cette adaptation du roman La Princesse de Clèves parle de l'amour contrarié de Catherine de Chartres qui, après une déception amoureuse, décide d'épouser un médecin très réputé Jacques de Clèves sans éprouver pour lui aucun amour. À la suite de cela, elle tombe amoureuse d'un chanteur à la mode Pedro Abrunhosa. Avant son décès, la mère de Catherine essaie de la séparer de l'homme pour lequel elle est passionnée. Elle se retrouve alors à la mort de sa mère tiraillée entre le désir d'être avec ce chanteur et la volonté d'être fidèle à son mari.

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