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The Letter (1999 film)
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Wikipedia article
'The Letter' (, ) 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.
The film was entered into the 1999 Cannes Film Festival where it won the Jury Prize.
Cast
* Chiara Mastroianni as Mme de Clves
* Pedro Abrunhosa as Pedro Abrunhosa
* Antoine Chappey as M. de Clves
* Leonor Silveira as La religieuse
* Franoise Fabian as Mme de Chartres
* Maria Joo Pires as Maria Joo Pires
* Anny Romand as Mme de Silva
* Lus Miguel Cintra as M. Da Silva
* Stanislas Merhar as Franois de Guise
* Claude Lvque as Le mdecin de Mme de Chartres
* Ricardo Trpa as Intrus
* Alain Guillo as Le directeur de Jouillerie
* Jean-Loup Wolff as Le mdecin de l'hpital
* Alexandre Nanaia
* Marcel Terroux as Le Jardinier
References
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