The Letter (1999 film)

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.

The Letter
Directed byManoel de Oliveira
Written byManoel de Oliveira
Jacques Parsi
StarringChiara Mastroianni
Release date
  • 21 May 1999 (1999-05-21) (Cannes)
  • 22 September 1999 (1999-09-22) (France)
Running time
107 minutes
CountryFrance
Portugal
LanguageFrench
Portuguese
Box office$766,920 [1]

The film was entered into the 1999 Cannes Film Festival where it won the Jury Prize.[2]

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