6.0The Letter · 1999
The Letter (1999) is a Drama film directed by Manoel de Oliveira, starring Chiara Mastroianni, Pedro Abrunhosa, Antoine Chappey.
Drama
6.0Overview
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.
Cast
Chiara Mastroianni, Pedro Abrunhosa, Antoine Chappey, Leonor Silveira, Maria João Pires, Luís Miguel Cintra, Stanislas Merhar, Ricardo Trêpa
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What is "The Letter" about?
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.
When was "The Letter" released?
The Letter was released in 1999.
Who stars in "The Letter"?
The cast includes Chiara Mastroianni, Pedro Abrunhosa, Antoine Chappey, Leonor Silveira.
