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When You Read This Letter

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A postulant returns to civilian life to care for her younger sister.

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Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times 09/20/2018
This may not be Melville at his best, but it has its moments. Go to Full Review A.O. Scott New York Times 09/11/2018
Amid the hard-boiled banalities and mechanical improbabilities of Jacques Deval's screenplay, there are moments of jagged comedy and haunting strangeness. Go to Full Review Francois Truffaut Cahiers du Cinéma 05/05/2022
A courageous film? No. A film to see? No. Am I being unjust? No (everyone tells me). Go to Full Review Neely Swanson Easy Reader (California) 09/20/2018
Do not miss this extraordinary film. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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12/08/2008 Atypical movie from J-P Melville here facing mélo, with one of the top stars of the genre: Yvonne Sanson. Underrated and often forgotten, it is in not a milestone in Melville filmography, but an important step to understand the work on charachters he will keep carrying on in his later works. See more Read all reviews
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Jean-Pierre Melville

Director

Philippe Lemaire

Max Trivet

Juliette Gréco

Thérèse Voise

Yvonne Sanson

Irène Faugeret

Irène Galter

Denise Voise

Daniel Cauchy

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Movie Info

Synopsis A postulant returns to civilian life to care for her younger sister.
Director
Jean-Pierre Melville
Producer
Jean-Pierre Melville, Paul Temps
Screenwriter
Jacques Deval
Production Co
Lux Compagnie Cinématographique de France
Genre
Drama
Original Language
French (France)
Box Office (Gross USA)
$15.2K
Runtime
1h 44m