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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. He also loves her. She keeps her distance from him, confessing her love to a friend who is a nun and, later, to her husband. Hunger for her love and jealousy consume him; she attends him as he wastes away. With his death, she can marry and express her passion, but what she does and how she explains herself, particularly to her cloistered friend, is at the heart of the film. Glimpses of convent life and of Abrunhosa on stage give contrast and mute comment.
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- verified Status: Released
- calendar_month Release Date: 1999-09-22
- video_camera_front Companies Gemini Films, Wanda Films, Madragoa Filmes
- timer Runtime: 107 Mins
- star Rating: 6 / 10
- favorite Likes: 9 Likes
- info IMDB ID tt0158117
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Chiara Mastroianni
Mme de Clèves
Pedro Abrunhosa
Pedro Abrunhosa
Antoine Chappey
M. de Clèves
Leonor Silveira
La religieuse
Maria João Pires
Maria João Pires
Luís Miguel Cintra
M. da Silva
Stanislas Merhar
François de Guise
Ricardo Trêpa
Intrus
Anny Romand
Mme de Silva
Françoise Fabian
Mme de Chartres
groups Crew
Manoel de Oliveira
Director
Manoel de Oliveira
Screenplay
Madame de La Fayette
Writer
Jacques Parsi
Writer
Paulo Branco
Producer
Emmanuel Machuel
Director of Photography
Valérie Loiseleux
Editor
Jean-Paul Mugel
Sound Designer
Ana Vaz da Silva
Production Design
Ann Chakraverty
Set Decoration
Judy Shrewsbury
Costume Design
Emmanuelle Fèvre
Makeup Artist
Jean-François Auger
Sound Mixer
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