Letter from an Unknown Woman (1962)
- Original title
- رسالة من امرأة مجهولة
- Directed by
- Salah Abu Seif
- Genre
- romance, drama
- Country
- Egypt
- Runtime
- 2h
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A woman writes a letter to a man she has loved from afar for years. She recounts their brief encounters and her lifelong devotion. The man reads it and learns the story of their missed connection.
romantictragicmelancholicelegiacintimatesentimentalnostalgicslow-paced
What happens
Letter from an Unknown Woman (Arabic: رسالة من امرأة مجهولة, transliterated as Ressalah min emraa maghoula) is an Egyptian film released on October 22, 1962. The film is directed by Salah Abu Seif, based on the 1922 titular short story by Austrian writer Stefan Zweig, and produced by Salah Zulfikar, while it stars Farid al-Atrash and Lobna Abdel Aziz. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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