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When You Read This Letter: Directed by Jean-Pierre Melville. With Juliette Gréco, Philippe Lemaire, Yvonne Sanson, Irene Galter. Therese is a nun-in-training who returns to "civilian" life to care for her young sister Denise.
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- Jean-Pierre Melville
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Sep 11, 2018 · “When You Read This Letter,” the 1953 film in which all of this takes place, was directed by Jean-Pierre Melville, which is a major reason it has been restored and rereleased. Another is...
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Running time. 104 minutes. Countries. France. Italy. Language. French. When You Read This Letter (French: Quand tu liras cette lettre) is a 1953 French-Italian drama film directed by Jean-Pierre Melville and starring Philippe Lemaire, Juliette Gréco and Yvonne Sanson . It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris.
“You would’ve been a beautiful nun.” Therese Voise (Juliette Greco) is a novice nun, though one with heavy eye makeup, who must leave her convent upon the accidental death of her parents to help her younger sister, Denise (Irene Galter), run the family’s stationary-bookstore in Cannes.
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When You Read This Letter 1953 1h 44m Drama List Reviews 67% Audience Score Fewer than 50 Ratings A postulant returns to civilian life to care for her younger sister.
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- Jean-Pierre Melville
- Drama
- Philippe Lemaire
Paul Temps Producer. Daniel Cauchy Cast. Thérèse and Denise’s parents have just passed away and Thérèse delays entering a convent to take care of her younger sister. Max, a young unrepentant seducer, takes advantage of Denise, who then tries to commit suicide.
When "Quand Tu Liras Cette Lettre" begins, a woman working towards becoming a full-fledged nun learns that her parents were killed and she needs to return home to care for her younger sister and the family business. She doesn't want to go, but knows she must.
