Where to Watch The Letter (1999) in Canada

What it's 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.

Cast and crew

Director

Manoel de Oliveira

Writer

Manoel de Oliveira, Madame de La Fayette, Jacques Parsi

Starring

Chiara Mastroianni, Pedro Abrunhosa, Antoine Chappey

Details

Release date

Sep 22, 1999

Language

French, Portuguese

Country

France, Portugal, Spain

Awards

1 win & 4 nominations

Where to Watch The Letter (1999) in Canada — common questions

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