Letter from an Unknown Woman
2004 · Movie · 90 min. · China
Peking, 1948. A bleak winter night. A man rides home through a war-ridden city. A letter waits for him at home. It’s a letter written by a woman before her death. In it, she tells him that she loves him, a lifelong passion that hasn’t lessened with time, but of which he knew nothing. He recalls their short but passionate young love, the difficulties she had in raising their child, and their last meeting at which he didn’t recognize her. Now that she has lost her son (the only thread linking her to the man she loved), she no longer has the strength to live... Shaken by the letter, the man searches his memory for the nameless woman.
Direction Xu Jinglei
Cast Jiang Wen · Xu Jinglei · Huang Jue · Su Xiaoming · Huang Jiao · Lin Yuan · Enran Ma · Sun Feihu
Soundtrack Kubota Osamu · Lin Hai
Screenplay Xu Jinglei · Stefan Zweig
Cinematography Mark Lee
Original title Yi ge mo sheng nu ren de lai xin
Also known as Letter from an Unknown Woman
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1K votes (FilmAffinity)
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