Quand tu liras cette lettre (1953)
Directed by Jean-Pierre Melville
Drama
aka: When You Read This Letter
Quand tu liras cette lettre (1953)
Film Synopsis
Thérèse Voise gives up her life as a novice in a convent to manage a bookshop she has inherited from her parents and to take charge of her younger sister Denise. The latter has fallen in love with Max, a cynical scoundrel who plans to rob his former employer, the wealthy Irène Forgeret. After Max has raped her, Denise decides to kill herself by drowning but is saved at the last minute. When she learns the reason for her sister's suicide attempt, Thérèse confronts Max and tells him he must marry Denise. However, Max is more interested in Thérèse than her sister and she proves to be an easy conquest...© James Travers
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Film Credits
- Director: Jean-Pierre Melville
- Script: Jacques Deval
- Cinematographer: Henri Alekan
- Music: Bernard Peiffer
- Cast: Claude Borelli (Lola), Daniel Cauchy (Biquet), Robert Dalban (Dick), Yvonne de Bray (La voyageuse), Marcel Delaître (Le grand-père), Jacques Deval (Le juge d'instruction), Irene Galter (Denise Voise), Juliette Gréco (Thérèse Voise), Léon Larive (Le greffier), Philippe Lemaire (Max Trivet), Roland Lesaffre (Roland), Jane Morlet (La grand-mère), Louis Pérault (Le portier), Colette Régis (La supérieure), Yvonne Sanson (Irène Faugeret), Fernand Sardou (Le garagiste), Suzy Willy (Mme Gobert), Françoise Alban, Marcel Arnal, Adeline Aucoc
- Country: Italy / France
- Language: French
- Support: Black and White
- Runtime: 104 min
- Aka: When You Read This Letter
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