movie
when you read this letter (Quand tu liras cette lettre)
A
movie
by
Jean-Pierre MELVILLE
with
Philippe LEMAIRE, Juliette GRÉCO, Yvonne SANSON, Yvonne DE BRAY, Irene GALTER, Daniel CAUCHY, Jacques DEVAL, Robert DALBAN, Fernand SARDOU, Claude BORELLI, Roland LESAFFRE, Philippe RICHARD
Synopsis :
Thérèse has always wanted to become a nun. When her parents die, she gives up her calling to take care of her sister Denise who loves Max, a brutal cynical man plotting a crime. He rapes Denise who tries to commit suicide. When Thérèse finds out the reasons for her sister's deed, she forces Max to propose to her sister. But he falls madly in love with Thérèse.