Letter from an Unknown Woman (2004)

Original title

一个陌生女人的来信

Directed by

Xu Jinglei

Genre

drama film

Country

People's Republic of China

Runtime

1h 30m

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 29 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young woman falls in love with a writer in 1930s Beijing and dedicates her life to him from afar. He never remembers her, but she writes him a letter telling their story.

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What happens

Letter from an Unknown Woman is a 2004 Chinese drama film written and directed by Xu Jinglei and is her second feature film as director after 2002's My Father and I. The film is an adaptation of Stefan Zweig's 1922 novella of the same name which was also adapted in 1948 by screenwriter Howard Koch. The film stars Xu and Jiang Wen as lovers during the 1930s and 1940s in Beijing. The film was produced by Asian Union Film & Media. Xu Jinglei won the Best Director award for the film at the 2004 San Sebastián International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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