La Lettre (1999)
Genre: Drama
Duration: 107 minuten
Alternative title: A Carta
Country:
France / Portugal / Spain
Directed by: Manoel de Oliveira
Stars: Chiara Mastroianni, Pedro Abrunhosa and Antoine Chappey
IMDb score:
6,3 (850)
Releasedate: 22 September 1999
This movie is not available on US streaming services.
La Lettre plot
La Lettre is a film adaptation of Madame de La Fayette's La Princesse de Clèves, the first psychological novel in French literature (1672). This story focuses on the impossible, but at the same time inescapable love between Princess de Clèves and the Prince of Nemours. A young, attractive woman is courted by the passionate François de Guise, who is found unsuitable for her. She settles with Jacques de Clèves, a renowned middle-aged doctor, whom she marries. Shortly after her marriage, she meets Abrunhosa, a pop singer (Pedro Abrunhosa, who plays himself), and a latent passion erupts within her. She seeks advice from an old friend who has since become a nun.
Actors and actresses
Mme de Clèves
Pedro Abrunhosa
M. de Clèves
La religieuse
Maria João Pires
M. da Silva
François de Guise
Intrus
Mme de Silva
Mme de Chartres
Corporate & Media
Realtimes Network
Innovatieweg 20C
7007 CD, Doetinchem, Netherlands
+31(315)-764002
