The Letter (1999 film)

The Letter
Directed by	Manoel de Oliveira
Written by	Manoel de Oliveira Jacques Parsi
Starring	Chiara Mastroianni
Release dates	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.

Cast

• Chiara Mastroianni as Mme de Clèves
• Pedro Abrunhosa as Pedro Abrunhosa
• Antoine Chappey as M. de Clèves
• Leonor Silveira as La religieuse
• Françoise Fabian as Mme de Chartres
• Maria João Pires as Maria João Pires
• Anny Romand as Mme de Silva
• Luís Miguel Cintra as M. Da Silva
• Stanislas Merhar as François de Guise
• Claude Lévèque as Le médecin de Mme de Chartres
• Ricardo Trêpa as Intrus
• Alain Guillo as Le directeur de Jouillerie
• Jean-Loup Wolff as Le médecin de l'hôpital
• Alexandre Nanaia
• Marcel Terroux as Le Jardinier

External links

• The Letter at IMDb
• The Letter at AllMovie