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The Letter (1999 film)

The Letter
La Lettre (1999 film).jpg
Directed by Manoel de Oliveira
Written by Manoel de Oliveira
Jacques Parsi
Starring Chiara Mastroianni
Release date
  • 21 May 1999 (1999-05-21) (Cannes)
  • 22 September 1999 (1999-09-22) (France)
Running time
107 minutes
Country France
Portugal
Language French
Portuguese
Box office $766,920

The Letter (French: La Lettre, Portuguese: A Carta) is a 1999 French-Portuguese drama film directed by Manoel de Oliveira. It tells the story of a married woman who has feelings for another man, and who confesses her feelings to her friend, a cloistered nun. The film is loosely based on the 17th century French novel The Princess of Cleves by Madame de Lafayette.[1]

The film was entered into the 1999 Cannes Film Festival where it won the Jury Prize.



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