Letter from an Unknown Woman

Letter from an Unknown Woman

90 mins | Drama | Sept. 1, 2004

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.

Letter from an Unknown Woman

90 mins | Drama | Sept. 1, 2004

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.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers Asian Union Film & Entertainment, Asian Union Film Ltd.
Original title 一个陌生女人的来信
Directors Xu Jinglei
Writers Xu Jinglei, Stefan Zweig

Cast

Xu Jinglei

as Miss Jiang

Jiang Wen

as Mr. Xu

Huang Jue

as Captain Huang

Lin Yuan

as Girl

Jiao Huang

as Officer Huang

Su Xiaoming

as Mother