The Letter (1999 film)
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The Letter 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 cloister
ed nun
. The film is based on the 17th century French novel The Princess of Cleves by Madame de Lafayette.http://wm05.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=1:179969
The film was entered into the 1999 Cannes Film Festival
where it won the Jury Prize
.
. It tells the story of a married woman who has feelings for another man, and who confesses her feelings to her friend, a cloister
ed nun
. The film is based on the 17th century French novel The Princess of Cleves by Madame de Lafayette.http://wm05.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=1:179969
The film was entered into the 1999 Cannes Film Festival
where it won the Jury Prize
.
. It tells the story of a married woman who has feelings for another man, and who confesses her feelings to her friend, a cloister
ed nun
. The film is based on the 17th century French novel The Princess of Cleves by Madame de Lafayette.http://wm05.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=1:179969
The film was entered into the 1999 Cannes Film Festival
where it won the Jury Prize
.
Manoel de Oliveira
Manoel Cândido Pinto de Oliveira, GCSE is a Portuguese film director born in Cedofeita, Porto. He began working on films in the late 1920s, but did not receive international recognition until the early 1970s. Since the late 1980s he has been one of the most prolific working film directors and...
. It tells the story of a married woman who has feelings for another man, and who confesses her feelings to her friend, a cloister
Cloister
A cloister is a rectangular open space surrounded by covered walks or open galleries, with open arcades on the inner side, running along the walls of buildings and forming a quadrangle or garth...
ed nun
Nun
A nun is a woman who has taken vows committing her to live a spiritual life. She may be an ascetic who voluntarily chooses to leave mainstream society and live her life in prayer and contemplation in a monastery or convent...
. The film is based on the 17th century French novel The Princess of Cleves by Madame de Lafayette.http://wm05.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=1:179969
The film was entered into the 1999 Cannes Film Festival
1999 Cannes Film Festival
The 52nd Cannes Film Festival was held on May 12-23, 1999. The Palme d'Or went to the French-Belgian film Rosetta by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne.-Jury:* David Cronenberg * André Téchiné * Barbara Hendricks...
where it won the Jury Prize
Jury Prize (Cannes Film Festival)
The Jury Prize is an award presented at the Cannes Film Festival. It is chosen by the jury from the 'official section' of movies at the festival. It is considered the third most prestigious prize at the film festival, after the Palme d'Or and the Grand Prix....
.
Cast
- Chiara MastroianniChiara MastroianniChiara Charlotte Mastroianni is a French actress and singer.-Biography:Mastroianni was born in Paris, the daughter of Catherine Deneuve and Marcello Mastroianni. Her elder half-brother is Christian Vadim; her elder half-sister is Barbara Mastroianni.She had relationships with the actors Benicio...
as Mme de Clèves - Pedro AbrunhosaPedro Abrunhosathumb|250px|Pedro AbrunhosaPedro Abrunhosa is a Portuguese singer, musician and songwriter. Aside from his music, he is known for always wearing sunglasses in public. Abrunhosa also played himself in the 1999 film La Lettre. He is an active spokesman for the Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa...
as Pedro Abrunhosa - Antoine ChappeyAntoine ChappeyAntoine Chappey is a French actor. He has appeared in over 80 films and television shows since 1989. He starred in the film Nelly, which was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival.-Selected filmography:...
as M. de Clèves - Leonor Silveira as La religieuse
- Françoise FabianFrançoise FabianFrançoise Fabian is a French film actress. She has appeared in over 80 films since 1956.She was born in Algiers, Algeria, and is the widow of screenwriter and director Jacques Becker and actor Marcel Bozzuffi. One of her best-known roles is as Maud in Eric Rohmer's My Night at Maud's...
as Mme de Chartres - Maria João PiresMaria João Pires-Musical studies:Her first recital was at the age of five, and at the age of seven she was already playing Mozart Piano Concertos publicly. Two years later she received Portugal's top prize for young musicians. In the following years, she studied with Professor Campos Coelho at the Lisbon...
as Maria João Pires - Anny Romand as Mme de Silva
- Luís Miguel Cintra as M. Da Silva
- Stanislas MerharStanislas MerharStanislas Merhar is a French actor.He was born in Paris in a family of immigrants from Slovenia. He works in cinema, television and theatre.- Filmography :Stanislas Merhar is a French actor....
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 is a 1999 French-Portuguese drama film directed by Manoel de OliveiraManoel de Oliveira
Manoel Cândido Pinto de Oliveira, GCSE is a Portuguese film director born in Cedofeita, Porto. He began working on films in the late 1920s, but did not receive international recognition until the early 1970s. Since the late 1980s he has been one of the most prolific working film directors and...
. It tells the story of a married woman who has feelings for another man, and who confesses her feelings to her friend, a cloister
Cloister
A cloister is a rectangular open space surrounded by covered walks or open galleries, with open arcades on the inner side, running along the walls of buildings and forming a quadrangle or garth...
ed nun
Nun
A nun is a woman who has taken vows committing her to live a spiritual life. She may be an ascetic who voluntarily chooses to leave mainstream society and live her life in prayer and contemplation in a monastery or convent...
. The film is based on the 17th century French novel The Princess of Cleves by Madame de Lafayette.http://wm05.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=1:179969
The film was entered into the 1999 Cannes Film Festival
1999 Cannes Film Festival
The 52nd Cannes Film Festival was held on May 12-23, 1999. The Palme d'Or went to the French-Belgian film Rosetta by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne.-Jury:* David Cronenberg * André Téchiné * Barbara Hendricks...
where it won the Jury Prize
Jury Prize (Cannes Film Festival)
The Jury Prize is an award presented at the Cannes Film Festival. It is chosen by the jury from the 'official section' of movies at the festival. It is considered the third most prestigious prize at the film festival, after the Palme d'Or and the Grand Prix....
.
Cast
- Chiara MastroianniChiara MastroianniChiara Charlotte Mastroianni is a French actress and singer.-Biography:Mastroianni was born in Paris, the daughter of Catherine Deneuve and Marcello Mastroianni. Her elder half-brother is Christian Vadim; her elder half-sister is Barbara Mastroianni.She had relationships with the actors Benicio...
as Mme de Clèves - Pedro AbrunhosaPedro Abrunhosathumb|250px|Pedro AbrunhosaPedro Abrunhosa is a Portuguese singer, musician and songwriter. Aside from his music, he is known for always wearing sunglasses in public. Abrunhosa also played himself in the 1999 film La Lettre. He is an active spokesman for the Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa...
as Pedro Abrunhosa - Antoine ChappeyAntoine ChappeyAntoine Chappey is a French actor. He has appeared in over 80 films and television shows since 1989. He starred in the film Nelly, which was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival.-Selected filmography:...
as M. de Clèves - Leonor Silveira as La religieuse
- Françoise FabianFrançoise FabianFrançoise Fabian is a French film actress. She has appeared in over 80 films since 1956.She was born in Algiers, Algeria, and is the widow of screenwriter and director Jacques Becker and actor Marcel Bozzuffi. One of her best-known roles is as Maud in Eric Rohmer's My Night at Maud's...
as Mme de Chartres - Maria João PiresMaria João Pires-Musical studies:Her first recital was at the age of five, and at the age of seven she was already playing Mozart Piano Concertos publicly. Two years later she received Portugal's top prize for young musicians. In the following years, she studied with Professor Campos Coelho at the Lisbon...
as Maria João Pires - Anny Romand as Mme de Silva
- Luís Miguel Cintra as M. Da Silva
- Stanislas MerharStanislas MerharStanislas Merhar is a French actor.He was born in Paris in a family of immigrants from Slovenia. He works in cinema, television and theatre.- Filmography :Stanislas Merhar is a French actor....
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 is a 1999 French-Portuguese drama film directed by Manoel de OliveiraManoel de Oliveira
Manoel Cândido Pinto de Oliveira, GCSE is a Portuguese film director born in Cedofeita, Porto. He began working on films in the late 1920s, but did not receive international recognition until the early 1970s. Since the late 1980s he has been one of the most prolific working film directors and...
. It tells the story of a married woman who has feelings for another man, and who confesses her feelings to her friend, a cloister
Cloister
A cloister is a rectangular open space surrounded by covered walks or open galleries, with open arcades on the inner side, running along the walls of buildings and forming a quadrangle or garth...
ed nun
Nun
A nun is a woman who has taken vows committing her to live a spiritual life. She may be an ascetic who voluntarily chooses to leave mainstream society and live her life in prayer and contemplation in a monastery or convent...
. The film is based on the 17th century French novel The Princess of Cleves by Madame de Lafayette.http://wm05.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=1:179969
The film was entered into the 1999 Cannes Film Festival
1999 Cannes Film Festival
The 52nd Cannes Film Festival was held on May 12-23, 1999. The Palme d'Or went to the French-Belgian film Rosetta by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne.-Jury:* David Cronenberg * André Téchiné * Barbara Hendricks...
where it won the Jury Prize
Jury Prize (Cannes Film Festival)
The Jury Prize is an award presented at the Cannes Film Festival. It is chosen by the jury from the 'official section' of movies at the festival. It is considered the third most prestigious prize at the film festival, after the Palme d'Or and the Grand Prix....
.
Cast
- Chiara MastroianniChiara MastroianniChiara Charlotte Mastroianni is a French actress and singer.-Biography:Mastroianni was born in Paris, the daughter of Catherine Deneuve and Marcello Mastroianni. Her elder half-brother is Christian Vadim; her elder half-sister is Barbara Mastroianni.She had relationships with the actors Benicio...
as Mme de Clèves - Pedro AbrunhosaPedro Abrunhosathumb|250px|Pedro AbrunhosaPedro Abrunhosa is a Portuguese singer, musician and songwriter. Aside from his music, he is known for always wearing sunglasses in public. Abrunhosa also played himself in the 1999 film La Lettre. He is an active spokesman for the Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa...
as Pedro Abrunhosa - Antoine ChappeyAntoine ChappeyAntoine Chappey is a French actor. He has appeared in over 80 films and television shows since 1989. He starred in the film Nelly, which was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival.-Selected filmography:...
as M. de Clèves - Leonor Silveira as La religieuse
- Françoise FabianFrançoise FabianFrançoise Fabian is a French film actress. She has appeared in over 80 films since 1956.She was born in Algiers, Algeria, and is the widow of screenwriter and director Jacques Becker and actor Marcel Bozzuffi. One of her best-known roles is as Maud in Eric Rohmer's My Night at Maud's...
as Mme de Chartres - Maria João PiresMaria João Pires-Musical studies:Her first recital was at the age of five, and at the age of seven she was already playing Mozart Piano Concertos publicly. Two years later she received Portugal's top prize for young musicians. In the following years, she studied with Professor Campos Coelho at the Lisbon...
as Maria João Pires - Anny Romand as Mme de Silva
- Luís Miguel Cintra as M. Da Silva
- Stanislas MerharStanislas MerharStanislas Merhar is a French actor.He was born in Paris in a family of immigrants from Slovenia. He works in cinema, television and theatre.- Filmography :Stanislas Merhar is a French actor....
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