The Letter

5.9
19991h 47m

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.

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Photo of Chiara Mastroianni

Chiara Mastroianni

Mme de Clèves

Photo of Pedro Abrunhosa

Pedro Abrunhosa

Pedro Abrunhosa

Photo of Antoine Chappey

Antoine Chappey

M. de Clèves

Photo of Leonor Silveira

Leonor Silveira

La religieuse

Photo of Maria João Pires

Maria João Pires

Maria João Pires

Photo of Stanislas Merhar

Stanislas Merhar

François de Guise

Photo of Anny Romand

Anny Romand

Mme de Silva

Photo of Françoise Fabian

Françoise Fabian

Mme de Chartres

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