When You Read This Letter
6.6
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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Cast
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Philippe Lemaire
Max Trivet
Known for
Arsène Lupin
Cartouche
Juliette Gréco
Thérèse Voise
Known for
Orpheus
Bonjour Tristesse
Daniel Cauchy
Biquet
Known for
Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez
Bob le Flambeur
Irène Galter
Denise Voise
Also in
Empty Eyes
Il coraggio
Yvonne Sanson
Irène Faugeret
Known for
The Conformist
Day of Anger
Yvonne de Bray
Traveler
Also in
Olivia
The Storm Within
Jacques Deval
Investigating judge
Roland Lesaffre
Roland
Known for
Atlantic Wall
Thérèse Raquin
Colette Régis
Superior
Known for
La Bête Humaine
This Special Friendship
Marcel Delaître
Grandfather
Known for
Le Corbeau
Wooden Crosses
Robert Dalban
Dick
Known for
Fantomas
Crooks in Clover
Fernand Sardou
Mechanic
Known for
Picnic on the Grass
The Overtaxed
Jean-Pierre Melville Director · Jacques Deval Writer Bernard Peiffer Composer
United States release September 14, 2018 · Produced in France, Italy · Production Société Générale de Cinématographie (S.G.C.), Daunia
Production
Titanus
Production
Société Générale de Cinématographie (S.G.C.)
Production
Daunia
Production
Jad Films
Production
Lux Compagnie Cinématographique de France
Production
S.G.C.
Production
France · Italy
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Languages
Original title
Quand tu liras cette lettre
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · July 26, 1953
Theatrical
United States · September 14, 2018
Limited theatrical · New York City, New York
Argentina
November 10, 2008 · Premiere · Mar del Plata Film Festival
Belgium
October 9, 1953 · Limited theatrical · Brussels
Germany
March 8, 1957 · Theatrical · West Germany
Italy
September 17, 1953 · Theatrical
Portugal
March 11, 1955 · Theatrical
Türkiye
January 1, 1955 · Theatrical
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