When You Read This Letter
1953 · 107 MIN · IMDB 6.6 · 772 VOTES · DIR. Jean-Pierre Melville
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,359 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:02:36 Are you his paternal or maternal grandfather ?
00:07:57 at the the farm ?
00:12:14 A driver to drive you at night when you're dressed up
00:15:23 If you want to keep it our business
00:19:56 By the way, go have a look
00:23:42 Hello ?
00:26:34 - So she said "at the back" ? - "Near an exit door"
00:29:43 We may risk to ask him what he would like to have.
00:34:55 Exactly ! When I get sabots.
00:41:21 Oh, I see
00:49:24 And obviously, no coffee no tea until the doctor arrives
00:53:00 and I want to try the nice car before you take it away.
00:57:10 I don't know if you realize this
01:01:15 Mr. Trivet
01:04:20 Do you understand me ?
01:08:20 So I was saying that we could burn these papers in the backyard, no ?
01:12:46 Leave me alone, let me recover from this.
01:16:20 He only forgets to send me the money for the trip
01:19:40 Obviously these aren't feathers.
01:23:59 Allright.
01:26:40 I'll be there with the tickets to Tangiers
01:30:26 maybe in four, he'll be back
01:34:52 So what ? A customer like me does what he wants to.
05:00:05 and I already spotted an affordable garage
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,359
Dialogue density12.7 lines / min
First line00:02:36
Final line05:00:05
Production Record
DirectorJean-Pierre Melville
LanguageFrench
IMDb votes772