Jacques asks a public writer to compose love letters for a beautiful stranger that he pretends he has just met.
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Robin Renucci
Jacques
Known for
The Dreamers
Leonardo
Anna Galiena
Fanny
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Jamon Jamon
The Hairdresser's Husband
Robert Alazraki
Anne Gonthier
Jean-François Amiguet
Claude Barnault
Laurent Grévill
Michel
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Camille Claudel
I've Loved You So Long
Nikos Giannopoulos
Stéphane Levy
Florence Pernel
Martine
Known for
Three Colors: Blue
The Bonfire of Destiny
Bertrand Liechti
Catherine Epars
Christine
Known for
Nightcap
Jean-François Amiguet Director · Anne Gonthier Writer William Sheller Composer
First release August 15, 1993 · Produced in France, Switzerland · Production Zagora Films, La Sept Cinéma
Production
Erato Films
Production
Zagora Films
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La Sept Cinéma
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TSR
Production
Sofica Investimage 4
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Canal+
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L'Office Federal de la Culture Suisse
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CNC
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Narcissus Film Production
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Région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
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Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Cinéma
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StudioCanal
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Centre Européen Cinématographique Rhône-Alpes
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Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée
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Région Rhône-Alpes
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France · Switzerland
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Original title
L'Écrivain public
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
Switzerland · August 15, 1993
Premiere · Locarno Film Festival
France · November 3, 1993
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Belgium
September 1, 1993 · Premiere · Namur International Festival of French-Speaking Film
Hungary
February 28, 1996 · TV
Switzerland
November 10, 1993 · Theatrical · French
January 1, 1994 · Premiere · Solothurn Film Festival
February 25, 1994 · Theatrical · German
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