The Letter

Synopsis

A well-bred, lovely, spiritual, sad young woman marries an attentive physician who loves her. She feels affection but no love. Soon after, without design, she falls in love with Pedro Abrunhosa, a poet and performance artist. He also loves her. She keeps her distance from him, confessing her love to a friend who is a nun and, later, to her husband. Hunger for her love and jealousy consume him; she attends him as he wastes away. With his death, she can marry and express her passion, but what she does and how she explains herself, particularly to her cloistered friend, is at the heart of the film. Glimpses of convent life and of Abrunhosa on stage give contrast and mute comment.

Main Cast

Chiara Mastroianni

Mme de Clèves

Age : N/A | Popularity : 59%

Pedro Abrunhosa

Pedro Abrunhosa

Age : N/A | Popularity : 5%

Antoine Chappey

M. de Clèves

Age : 64 | Popularity : 3%

Leonor Silveira

La religieuse

Age : 53 | Popularity : 4%

Maria João Pires

Maria João Pires

Age : 79 | Popularity : 3%

Luís Miguel Cintra

M. da Silva

Age : 75 | Popularity : 6%

Stanislas Merhar

François de Guise

Age : 53 | Popularity : 5%

Ricardo Trêpa

Intrus

Age : 51 | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Manoel de Oliveira
Writing	Screenplay	Manoel de Oliveira
	Writer	Madame de La Fayette Jacques Parsi
Production	Producer	Paulo Branco
Camera	Director of Photography	Emmanuel Machuel
Editing	Editor	Valérie Loiseleux
Sound	Sound Designer	Jean-Paul Mugel
	Sound Mixer	Jean-François Auger
Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	Judy Shrewsbury
	Makeup Artist	Emmanuelle Fèvre
Art	Production Design	Ana Vaz da Silva
	Set Decoration	Ann Chakraverty
Department	Role	Name

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