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Director:
Manoel de Oliveira
Writers:
Manoel de Oliveira (scenario and dialogue)
Madame de La Fayette (inspired by the book "La Princesse de Clèves")
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Release Date:
22 September 1999 (France) See more »
Genre:
Drama See more »
Plot:
A well-bred, lovely, spiritual, sad young woman marries an attentive physician who loves her. She feels affection but no love... See more » | Add synopsis »
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Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination See more »
User Reviews:
Bewilderingly brilliant. See more (5 total) »

Cast

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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
Claude Sempere ... Voix Off Présentateur TV
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Marianne Bey Zave ... Emploièe de Mme de Chartres
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Directed by
Manoel de Oliveira 
 
Writing credits
Manoel de Oliveira (scenario and dialogue)

Madame de La Fayette (inspired by the book "La Princesse de Clèves") (as Mme. de Lafayette)

Jacques Parsi (translation: French)

Produced by
Paulo Branco .... producer
 
Cinematography by
Emmanuel Machuel 
 
Film Editing by
Valérie Loiseleux 
 
Casting by
Richard Rousseau 
 
Production Design by
Ana Vaz da Silva 
 
Set Decoration by
Ann Chakraverty 
 
Costume Design by
Judy Shrewsbury 
 
Makeup Department
Emmanuelle Fèvre .... makeup artist
 
Production Management
Jacques Arhex .... production manager
Elizabeth Bocquet .... production manager
Jean-Dominique Chouchan .... assistant production manager
Philippe Rey .... production manager
Alexandre Valente .... assistant production manager
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
José Maria Vaz da Silva .... first assistant director (as Zé Maria Vaz da Silva)
 
Art Department
Xavier Lavant .... second assistant decorator
 
Sound Department
Jean-François Auger .... sound mixer
Jean-Paul Mugel .... sound
Yves-Marie Omnes .... sound assistant
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Mathieu Bertholet .... assistant camera
Alice Capronnier .... first assistant camera
Jean-Claude Lother .... still photographer
Philippe Wegiel .... electrician
 
Other crew
Marielle Duigou .... production assistant
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
"The Letter" - Europe (English title)
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Runtime:
107 min
Country:
France | Portugal | Spain
Language:
French | Portuguese
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 See more »
Sound Mix:
Dolby SR
Certification:
France:U | Portugal:M/12 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | Argentina:13
Filming Locations:
Paris, France
Company:
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Soundtrack:
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13 out of 15 people found the following review useful.
Bewilderingly brilliant., 31 March 2000
Author: andrew osnard (hitch1899_@hotmail.com) from panama city, panama

A masterpiece from a relatively unknown master in his 90s, but a masterpiece that refuses to play the 'great film' game. The excessive reliance on dialogue, stilted performances, ludicrous stylisation and verbose intertitles; the refusal to completely modernise the 17th century material, leaving it in a temporal flatness; all point to gauche filmmaking, but de Oliveira has the last laugh, and as the rhythms and patterns of his editing and framing become apparent, as the deadpan comedy emerges, we notice the stunning labyrinth of repetition he is cunningly weaving, and the film becomes satirically forceful, metaphysically complex, but, most importantly, heartbreakingly human.

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