Drama
When You Read This Letter
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.
Directed by Jean-Pierre Melville
59
User score
24 votes
Status
Released
Released
July 26, 1953
Runtime
1h 47m
Language
French
Top cast
Philippe Lemaire
Max Trivet
Juliette Gréco
Thérèse Voise
Daniel Cauchy
Biquet
Irène Galter
Denise Voise
Yvonne Sanson
Irène Faugeret
Yvonne de Bray
Traveler
Jacques Deval
Investigating judge
Roland Lesaffre
Roland
Colette Régis
Superior
Marcel Delaître
Grandfather
Robert Dalban
Dick
Fernand Sardou
Mechanic
Claude Borelli
Lola
Jane Morlet
Grandmother
Suzy Willy
Mrs. Gobert
Claude Hennesy
Robert Hébert
Louis Pérault
Doorman
Philippe Richard
Léon Larive
Clerk
