When You Read This Letter
Melville irresistibly pulls you into an enticing if often nasty world in which desire...rules his characters' every feverish action.
-- David Noh, Film Journal International
When You Read This Letter
After her parents' sudden death, Thérese (Juliette Gréco) decides to leave the convent to run the family business and care for her younger sister, who is involved with local lowlife Max (Philippe Lemaire). Then rape, attempted suicide, blackmail, a rigged car accident, and a one-sided love affair crash to a startling conclusion.
“SOPHISTICATED OBSERVATION AND FLASHY REPARTEE INVOLVING THOSE TWO GREAT NOIR TOPICS: MONEY AND SEX… MELVILLE IRRESISTIBLY PULLS YOU INTO AN ENTICING IF OFTEN NASTY WORLD IN WHICH DESIRE, OFTEN FORBIDDEN AND/OR DUPLICITOUS, RULES HIS CHARACTERS’ EVERY FEVERISH ACTION.” — DAVID NOH, FILM JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL
“SOPHISTICATED OBSERVATION AND FLASHY REPARTEE INVOLVING THOSE TWO GREAT NOIR TOPICS: MONEY AND SEX… MELVILLE IRRESISTIBLY PULLS YOU INTO AN ENTICING IF OFTEN NASTY WORLD IN WHICH DESIRE, OFTEN FORBIDDEN AND/OR DUPLICITOUS, RULES HIS CHARACTERS’ EVERY FEVERISH ACTION.” — DAVID NOH, FILM JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL
Genre
French Cinema,
Repertory,
Drama
Runtime
104
Language
French
Director
Jean-Pierre Melville
Writer(s)
Jacques Deval
Cast
Juliette Gréco,
Yvonne Sanson,
Irene Galter
Played at
Monica Film Center 9.21.18 - 9.27.18
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