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When You Read This Letter

When You Read This Letter

Jean-Pierre Melville

1953

  • Drama
5.9

After a novice nun learns of the sudden death of her parents, she leaves the convent to manage the family business and look after her teenage sister. Both of them fall prey to a womanizing mechanic with psychopathic tendencies.

Cast & crew

  • Jean-Pierre MelvilleDirector
  • Philippe LemaireMax Trivet
  • Juliette GrécoThérèse Voise
  • Daniel CauchyBiquet
  • Irène GalterDenise Voise
  • Yvonne SansonIrène Faugeret
  • Yvonne de BrayTraveler
  • Jacques DevalInvestigating judge
  • Roland LesaffreRoland

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