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Quand tu liras cette lettre
FRANCE · 1953

Quand tu liras cette lettre

Jean-Pierre Melville
family responsibility religious life manipulation and exploitation coming of age criminal psychology
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Synopsis

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.

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