Letter from an Unknown Woman

Peking, 1948. A winter night. A man returns home to find a letter awaiting him written by a woman before her death. in the letter she tells him the story of her love for him -a life-long passion that has not diminished over time, but one that he has never known. her story spans 18 years from the moment she -then a 13 year-old girl- sets her eyes on her new neighbor. she tells their brief but passionate love in her youthi the hardship she goes through raising their child alone, and their final encounter after the war, during which the man fails tor ecognize her and one which leaves her in despair. Now having lost her son, she no longer has the courage to live on. Only in a letter is she capable of telling him everything, for the first and the last time. shaken by the letter, the man searches his memory for the nameless woman.

Country:

China

Genre:

Drama

Duration:

90 minutes

Year:

2004

Director:

Xu Jinglei

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Company:

Asian Union Film Ltd.,

Asian Union Film & Entertainment

Cast:

Miss Jiang

Mr. Xu

Captain Huang

Girl

Officer Huang

Crew:

Director

Director of Photography

Writer

Novel

Art Direction