The Letter (1999)
- Original title
- La Lettre
- Directed by
- Manoel de Oliveira
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- France, Portugal
- Runtime
- 1h 47m
- Rating
- 6.0 of 10 from 15 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 married woman confesses her feelings for another man to her friend who is a cloistered nun. The film follows her emotional struggle with love and duty.
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What happens
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 film was entered into the 1999 Cannes Film Festival where it won the Jury Prize. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Versprich mir, dass es den Himmel gibt (1999)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.