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The Letter

1999Movie1 h 47 min

Drama
61
DecentGoodWatch score
IMDb6.3
61
DecentGoodWatch score
IMDb6.3

Summary

A well-bred, lovely, spiritual, sad young woman marries an attentive physician who loves her. She feels affection but no love. Soon after, without design, she falls in love with Pedro Abrunhosa, a poet and performance artist.

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  • Date night
  • Friends night
  • Thought-provoking

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  • Breaks your heart.
  • Makes you care deeply.
  • Makes you fall for them.
  • Leaves you longing.
  • Weighs on you.

Not for laughs, comfort or warmth.

The whole fingerprint· the print and its 12 scales

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Yellow Perilin 130 titlesThe overt racism by the white colonials towards the Malay and Chinese natives in both films is overwhelming.Lighter and Softerin 2,793 titlesThe 1929 film preserves Maugham's original ending, in which Leslie gets away with murder. It ends with her defiantly shouting that she's still in love with the man she killed.All 21 tropes

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