The Lover (1992)
Release: January 22, 1992 | Runtime: 1h 55m | Rating: 7.0
A poor French teenage girl engages in an illicit affair with a wealthy Chinese heir in 1920s Saigon. For the first time in her young life she has control, and she wields it deftly over her besotted lover throughout a series of clandestine meetings and torrid encounters.
She gave her innocence, her passion, her body. The one thing she couldn't give was her love.
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Main cast
- Jane March as The Young Girl
- Tony Leung Ka-fai as The Chinaman
- Frédérique Meininger as The Mother
- Arnaud Giovaninetti as The Elder Brother
- Melvil Poupaud as The Younger Brother
- Lisa Faulkner as Helene Lagonelle
- Jeanne Moreau as Narrator (voice)
- Xiem Mang as The Chinaman's Father
- Philippe Le Dem as The French Teacher
- Ann Schaufuss as Anne-Marie Stretter
- Tania Torrens as The Principal
- Espérance Pham Thai Lan as Femme
- Hélène Patarot as The Assistant Mistress
- Yvonne Wingerter as The Writer (beginning)
- Raymonde Heudeline as The Writer (end)
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A poor French teenage girl engages in an illicit affair with a wealthy Chinese heir in 1920s Saigon. For the first time in her young life she has control, and she wields it deftly over her besotted lover throughout a series of clandestine meetings and torrid encounters.
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