Open Letter (film)

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Open Letter (French: Lettre ouverte) is a 1953 French comedy film directed by Alex Joffé and starring Robert Lamoureux, Geneviève Page and Jean-Marc Thibault.[1][2] The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Clavel. Location shooting took place around Paris.

Open Letter
Directed byAlex Joffé
Written by
Produced byJules Borkon
Pierre Gérin
Michel Lesay
Ray Ventura
StarringRobert Lamoureux
Geneviève Page
Jean-Marc Thibault
CinematographyJean Bourgoin
Edited byRoger Dwyre
Music byDenis Kieffer
Production
companies
Champs-Élysées Productions
Hoche Productions
Les Productions Cinématographiques
Distributed byCiné Sélection
Release date
  • 11 March 1953 (1953-03-11)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Synopsis

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Martial Simonet is very jealous of his wife Colette and when he sees her writing a letter he demands to know who it is to she refuses to tell him. After she has posted it he bribes the postman to allow him to have it, but has so borrow the money from his parents in law. In cahoots with Colette, the postman has actually passed him a fake letter. It is only in the end that Martial becomes assured of his wife's fidelity.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Rège p.538
  2. ^ Bessy & Chirat p.187

Bibliography

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  • Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: 1951-1955. Pygmalion, 1989.
  • Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
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