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Friday, Jul 14, 2017
8:30 PM (104 mins)
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Quand tu liras cette lettre
(When You Read This Letter)
Imported Print
Juliette Gréco, Philippe Lemaire, Yvonne Sanson, Irene Galter,
A work-for-hire that Melville took on to fund construction of his future studio, this international coproduction still offers many insights into the director’s approach. Louche, virile, immoral, and poor, a preening stud on the French Riviera sets his sights on both an older wealthy woman and a young, naïve teen. Soon a rape sends the girl’s sister (a riveting Juliette Gréco), a nun, out of the convent and onto a collision course for vengeance—and passion. Lurid in its obsessions and often distasteful in its action, this melodramatic potboiler is ironically Melville’s noir-est work, with exquisite deep-focus cinematography and a deadly homme fatal.
FILM DETAILS
Screenwriter
- Jacques Deval
Cinematographer
- Henri Alekan
Language
- French
- with English electronic titles
Print Info
- B&W
- 35mm
- 104 mins
Source
- Gaumont
Permission
- Rialto Pictures
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Jean-Pierre Melville in context (program note), Chris Peachment
French cinema since 1946, volume 2 -- excerpt (book excerpt), Roy Armes
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