Lettres d'amour

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  • Genre(s):Drama
  • Release year: 1942
  • Running time: 110 min
A deceptive lightness distinguishes this farcical second feature made by Claude Autant-Lara while Germany occupied France. During the reign of Napoléon III, a plucky businesswoman (Odette Joyeux) agrees to receive love letters to a prefect’s wife from...read more

A deceptive lightness distinguishes this farcical second feature made by Claude Autant-Lara while Germany occupied France. During the reign of Napoléon III, a plucky businesswoman (Odette Joyeux) agrees to receive love letters to a prefect’s wife from a young official, and soon finds herself embroiled in a scandal that inflames a town’s class tensions. A transporting period piece with ornate costumes by Christian Dior, Lettres d’amour paints a blithely pointed portrait of life in a highly stratified society.

Original Release

12/23/1942

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Directors

Claude Autant-Lara

Writers

Jean Aurenche, Maurice Blondeau

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Producers

Editors

Yvonne Martin

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