---
title: 'The Letter (1999)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Manoel de Oliveira'
released: '1999-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 107
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'France'
  - 'Portugal'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-letter-1999'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0158117/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Letter (1999)

1999 · 107 min · Drama · France, Portugal

Original title: La Lettre

## Synopsis

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 cloistered nun. The film is loosely based on the 1678 French novel The Princess of Cleves by Madame de Lafayette.

## Credits

- **Original Music Composer:** [Pedro Abrunhosa](https://cinepixo.com/people/pedro-abrunhosa)
- **Director:** [Manoel de Oliveira](https://cinepixo.com/people/manoel-de-oliveira)
- **Screenplay:** [Manoel de Oliveira](https://cinepixo.com/people/manoel-de-oliveira)
- **Producer:** [Paulo Branco](https://cinepixo.com/people/paulo-branco)
- **Director of Photography:** [Emmanuel Machuel](https://cinepixo.com/people/emmanuel-machuel)
- **Editor:** [Valérie Loiseleux](https://cinepixo.com/people/valerie-loiseleux)

## Cast

- [Ricardo Trêpa](https://cinepixo.com/people/ricardo-trepa)
- [Antoine Chappey](https://cinepixo.com/people/antoine-chappey) as M. de Clèves
- [Luís Miguel Cintra](https://cinepixo.com/people/luis-miguel-cintra)
- [Maria João Pires](https://cinepixo.com/people/maria-joao-pires)
- [Pedro Abrunhosa](https://cinepixo.com/people/pedro-abrunhosa) as Pedro Abrunhosa
- [Chiara Mastroianni](https://cinepixo.com/people/chiara-mastroianni) as Mme de Clèves
- [Stanislas Merhar](https://cinepixo.com/people/stanislas-merhar)
- [Françoise Fabian](https://cinepixo.com/people/francoise-fabian)
- [Leonor Silveira](https://cinepixo.com/people/leonor-silveira) as La religieuse

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