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Director:
Writers:
Manoel de Oliveira (scenario and dialogue)
Madame de La Fayette (inspired by the book "La Princesse de Clèves")
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Madame de La Fayette (inspired by the book "La Princesse de Clèves")
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Release Date:
22 September 1999 (France)
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Plot:
A well-bred, lovely, spiritual, sad young woman marries an attentive physician who loves her. She feels affection but no love...
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Nun
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Concert Film
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Human Relationship
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Singer
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Letter
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1 win
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so boring
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Chiara Mastroianni | ... | Mme de Clèves |
| Pedro Abrunhosa | ... | Pedro Abrunhosa |
| Antoine Chappey | ... | M. de Clèves |
| Leonor Silveira | ... | La religieuse |
| Françoise Fabian | ... | Mme de Chartres |
| Maria João Pires | ... | Maria João Pires |
| Anny Romand | ... | Mme de Silva |
| Luís Miguel Cintra | ... | M. Da Silva |
| Stanislas Merhar | ... | François de Guise |
| Claude Lévèque | ... | Le médecin de Mme de Chartres |
| Ricardo Trêpa | ... | Intrus |
| Alain Guillo | ... | Le directeur de Jouillerie |
| Jean-Loup Wolff | ... | Le médecin de l'hôpital |
| Alexandre Nanaia | ||
| Marcel Terroux | ... | Le Jardinier |
Additional Details
Also Known As:
A Carta (Portugal)
A Princesa de Clèves (Portugal) (working title)
La carta (Spain)
La princesse de Clèves (France) (working title)
The Letter (Europe: English title)
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A Princesa de Clèves (Portugal) (working title)
La carta (Spain)
La princesse de Clèves (France) (working title)
The Letter (Europe: English title)
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107 min
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1.66 : 1 more
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France:U |
Portugal:M/12 |
Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) |
Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) |
Argentina:13
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Parte de Mim
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I came to that movie with a good feeling : the trailer is good, the actress is great, the picture is not bad, the film-maker has a good reputation, the film had a price in cannes, the novel is a classic of french litterature. I was in a good mood too. But nothing of that helped me : I forced myself to stay watching it. I even hoped something would happen, the director awaking or something, but nothing happened. The "contemporary" adaptation of a 17th century novel is always a good idea, because without the costumes, some details of the old times appear differently and helps us to see what really changed during theese centuries. I liked for this "rastignac ou les ambitieux" (a TV movie from Balzac) or "moments de jean-jacques Rousseau", a cd-rom. But "La lettre" didn't work with me. I must tell I hated the music used, some kind of portuguese large audience crooner songs (portugal has so brilliant musicians... why choosing this one ?) and this makes maybe a lot because the music has a certain importance here.