Letters Home

Year: 1986

Runtime: 104 mins

Language: French

Director: Chantal Akerman

Drama

The film translates Rose Leiman Goldemberg’s stage play into a cinematic experience, dramatizing the passionate exchange of letters between poet Sylvia Plath and her mother Aurelia from Sylvia’s university years through the tragedy of her suicide. Veteran actress Delphine Seyrig and her niece Coralie Seyrig deliver the letters verbatim, addressing the audience directly and preserving the raw intimacy of the correspondence.

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