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Letter from an Unknown Woman (2004)
Yi ge mo sheng nu ren de lai xin (original title)

89 min  -  Drama   -  11 February 2005 (Spain)
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Peking, 1948. A winter night. A man returns home to find a letter awaiting him written by a woman before her death... See full summary »

Director:

Jinglei Xu

Writers:

Stefan Zweig (novel), Jinglei Xu
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Cast

Credited cast:
Jue Huang Jue Huang ...
The Officer / Captain Huang
Wen Jiang ...
Writer / Mr. Xu
Huang Jiao Huang Jiao ...
Officer Huang
Yuan Lin Yuan Lin ...
Girl
Enran Ma Enran Ma ...
Stepfather
Xiaoming Su Xiaoming Su ...
Mother
Zihao Su Zihao Su ...
Son
Feihu Sun Feihu Sun ...
Steward
Jinglei Xu Jinglei Xu ...
Woman / Miss Jiang
Baomo Zhang Baomo Zhang ...
Landlady
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Storyline

Peking, 1948. A winter night. A man returns home to find a letter awaiting him written by a woman before her death. in the letter she tells him the story of her love for him -a life-long passion that has not diminished over time, but one that he has never known. her story spans 18 years from the moment she -then a 13 year-old girl- sets her eyes on her new neighbor. she tells their brief but passionate love in her youthi the hardship she goes through raising their child alone, and their final encounter after the war, during which the man fails tor ecognize her and one which leaves her in despair. Now having lost her son, she no longer has the courage to live on. Only in a letter is she capable of telling him everything, for the first and the last time. shaken by the letter, the man searches his memory for the nameless woman. Written by Anonymous  

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Genres:

Drama

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Country:

China

Language:

Mandarin

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Carta de una mujer desconocida See more »

Box Office

Budget:

CNY 20,000,000 (estimated)
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Runtime:

Turkey:  | Spain:

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1
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Goofs

Anachronisms: When the man brings the woman to his home in the "Six years later" segment (which takes place in the late 1930s), the woman brushes her hand against the spine of the second volume of the World Book Dictionary as she admires his books. The first edition of the dictionary was published in 1963. See more »

Connections

References Woman of the Year (1942) See more »