Letters Home

Letters Home

104 mins | Drama, TV Movie | March 8, 1986

A filmed adaptation of Rose Leiman Goldemberg’s play, based on Sylvia Plath’s intense correspondence with her mother Aurelia, from the time the poet was in university until her suicide. Delphine Seyrig and her niece Coralie Seyrig recite Sylvia and Aurelia’s letters to the audience directly.

Letters Home

104 mins | Drama, TV Movie | March 8, 1986

Letters Home
A filmed adaptation of Rose Leiman Goldemberg’s play, based on Sylvia Plath’s intense correspondence with her mother Aurelia, from the time the poet was in university until her suicide. Delphine Seyrig and her niece Coralie Seyrig recite Sylvia and Aurelia’s letters to the audience directly.
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers Zeugma Films, Centre audiovisuel Simone de Beauvoir
Original title Letters Home
Directors Chantal Akerman
Writers Françoise Merle, Patty Hannock, Rose Leiman Goldemberg, Coralie Seyrig, Delphine Seyrig

Cast

Coralie Seyrig

as Sylvia Plath

Delphine Seyrig

as Aurelia Plath