The LetterMovie
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.
About The Letter
The Letter is a 1999 drama movie directed by Manoel de Oliveira.
The production information lists a runtime of 1h 47m, production credits from France, Portugal, Spain, an original language code of FR.
The credited cast includes Chiara Mastroianni, Pedro Abrunhosa, Antoine Chappey, Leonor Silveira. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
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