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When You Read This Letter

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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.

movie

Status: Released

Released Date: 1953-07-26

Runtime: 107 mins

Director: Jean-Pierre Melville

Writer: Jacques Deval

Spoken language: Français

Genres: Drama

Original title: When You Read This Letter

Production Companies: Titanus, Société Générale de Cinématographie (S.G.C.), Daunia, Jad Films, Lux Compagnie Cinématographique de France

Production Countries: France, Italy

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