Letter from an Unknown Woman
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Peking, 1948. A winter night. A man returns home to find a letter awaiting him written by a woman before her death. in the letter she tells him the story of her love for him -a life-long passion that has not diminished over time, but one that he has never known. her story spans 18 years from the moment she -then a 13 year-old girl- sets her eyes on her new neighbor. she tells their brief but passionate love in her youthi the hardship she goes through raising their child alone, and their final encounter after the war, during which the man fails tor ecognize her and one which leaves her in despair. Now having lost her son, she no longer has the courage to live on. Only in a letter is she capable of telling him everything, for the first and the last time. shaken by the letter, the man searches his memory for the nameless woman.
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Cast
6 people
Xu Jinglei
Miss Jiang
Known for
The Warlords
Shinjuku Incident
Jiang Wen
Mr. Xu
Known for
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Let the Bullets Fly
Huang Jue
Captain Huang
Known for
Reset
Long Day's Journey Into Night
Lin Yuan
Girl
Also in
Immortal Samsara
Love Designer
Jiao Huang
Officer Huang
Also in
Yongzheng Dynasty
The Emperor in Han Dynasty
Su Xiaoming
Mother
Known for
Us and Them
Xu Jinglei Director · Stefan Zweig Author Mark Lee Ping-Bing Cinematographer
First release September 1, 2004 · Produced in China · Production Asian Union Film & Entertainment
Production
Asian Union Film Ltd.
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Asian Union Film & Entertainment
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China
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Original title
一个陌生女人的来信
Original language
Chinese
Spoken on screen
Chinese
Release dates
Spain · September 1, 2004
Theatrical
China · March 3, 2005
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