The Letter (1999 film)

The Letter
The Letter
Directed by	Manoel de Oliveira
Written by	Manoel de Oliveira;
Starring	Chiara Mastroianni
Release dates	21 May 1999 (Cannes); 22 September 1999 (France);
Running time	107 minutes
Countries	France; Portugal
Languages	French; Portuguese
Box office	$766,920

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]

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
as Mme de Silva
Luís Miguel Cintra as M. Da Silva
Stanislas Merhar as François de Guise
as Le médecin de Mme de Chartres
Ricardo Trêpa as Intrus
as Le directeur de Jouillerie
as Le médecin de l'hôpital
as Le Jardinier

References[]

^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-04-28. Retrieved 2014-04-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ Stratton, David (1 June 1999). "The Letter". Variety. Archived from the original on 18 November 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
^ Rosenbaum, Jonathan. "The Letter". Chicago Reader. Archived from the original on 18 November 2020. 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. Archived from the original on 2011-08-22. Retrieved 2009-10-06.

External links[]

The Letter at IMDb
The Letter at AllMovie

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[1] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-04-28. Retrieved 2014-04-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[2] Stratton, David (1 June 1999). "The Letter". Variety. Archived from the original on 18 November 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2020.

[3] Rosenbaum, Jonathan. "The Letter". Chicago Reader. Archived from the original on 18 November 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2020.

[4] 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-cannes.com-5] "Festival de Cannes: The Letter". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 2011-08-22. Retrieved 2009-10-06.

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