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When You Read This Letter

1953
Directed byJean-Pierre Melville
1h 47m

After a novice nun learns of the sudden death of her parents, she leaves the convent to manage the family business and look after her teenage sister. Both of them fall prey to a womanizing mechanic with psychopathic tendencies.

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Philippe LemaireMax TrivetJuliette GrécoThérèse VoiseDaniel Cauchy
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GENRES
Drama
STATUSReleased
RATING
5.7

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