Love LettersFrancia, 1955.
1942 · Movie · 110 min. · France
France, 1855. Zélie Fontaine, a twenty-odd-year-old widow and the post mistress of the small provincial town of Argenson, has accepted to receive love letters to Hortense de la Jacquerie, the prefect's wife, under her name. But Hortense decides to break up with her lover, François du Portal. François will not hear of it and, with a view to regaining her love, manages to be appointed deputy prosecutor in Argenson. Trouble can't help following.
Direction Claude Autant-Lara
Cast Odette Joyeux · François Périer · Simone Renant · Jacqueline Champi · Jean Paredes · Ariane Murator · André Alerme · Julien Carette · Robert Vattier · Jean Debucourt · Robert Arnoux · Léo Malet · Louis Salou · Yves Deniaud · Georges Pally · Jean-Pierre Kérien · Martial Rébe
Soundtrack Maurice Yvain
Screenplay Jean Aurenche · Maurice Blondeau
Cinematography Philippe Agostini
Original title Lettres d'amour
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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