The Letter (1999 film)
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Director Manoel de Oliveira Initial DVD release August 19, 2005 (Mexico) Country FrancePortugal | 6.2/10 IMDb Genre Drama Duration Language FrenchPortuguese | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Release date 21 May 1999 (1999-05-21) (Cannes)22 September 1999 (1999-09-22) (France) Writer Manoel de Oliveira (scenario and dialogue), Madame de La Fayette (inspired by the book "La Princesse de Cleves"), Jacques Parsi (translation: French) Initial release September 22, 1999 (France) Screenplay Manoel de Oliveira, Jacques Parsi Cast Chiara Mastroianni (Mme de Clèves), Pedro Abrunhosa (Pedro Abrunhosa), Antoine Chappey (M. de Clèves) Similar movies Chiara Mastroianni movies, Directed by Manoel de Oliveira, Dramas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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.
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