La carta (1999)
La señorita De Chartres ha sufrido su primer desengaño amoroso. Una noche, una amiga de su madre le presenta a un médico de gran reputación, Jacques de Clèves. Este se enamora de ella, y ambos se casan, a pesar de que ella no le corresponde en su amor. En cambio, un cantante de moda sí hace nacer en ella este sentimiento. La lucha entre su matrimonio y sus sentimientos desembocarán en un callejón sin salida para la nueva señora de Clèves.
Directora:
Manoel de Oliveira
Escritor:
Manoel de Oliveira
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Chiara Mastroianni as Mme de Clèves |
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Pedro Abrunhosa as Pedro Abrunhosa |
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Antoine Chappey as M. de Clèves |
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Leonor Silveira as La religieuse |
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Maria João Pires as Maria João Pires |
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Luís Miguel Cintra as M. da Silva |
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Stanislas Merhar as François de Guise |
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Ricardo Trêpa as Intrus |
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Anny Romand as Mme de Silva |
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Françoise Fabian as Mme de Chartres |
| Directing | Manoel de Oliveira | Director |
| Writing | Manoel de Oliveira | Screenplay |
| Writing | Jacques Parsi | Writer |
| Production | Paulo Branco | Producer |
| Camera | Emmanuel Machuel | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Valérie Loiseleux | Editor |
| Sound | Jean-Paul Mugel | Sound Designer |
| Art | Ana Vaz da Silva | Production Design |
| Art | Ann Chakraverty | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Judy Shrewsbury | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Emmanuelle Fèvre | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Jean-François Auger | Sound Mixer |
| Writing | Madame de La Fayette | Novel |