The Letter (1999 film)
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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 1678 French novel The Princess of Cleves by Madame de Lafayette.[2][3][4]
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Directed by | Manoel de Oliveira |
Written by | Manoel de Oliveira |
Based on | The Princess of Cleves by Madame de Lafayette |
Starring | Chiara Mastroianni Pedro Abrunhosa Leonor Silveira Antoine Chappey |
Cinematography | Emmanuel Machuel |
Edited by | Valérie Loiseleux |
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Running time | 107 minutes |
Countries | France Portugal |
Languages | French Portuguese |
Box office | $766,920 [1] |
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The film was entered into the 1999 Cannes Film Festival where it won the Jury Prize.[5]