The Lover

Jan 22, 1992

1h 55m

★ 7.0

She gave her innocence, her passion, her body. The one thing she couldn't give was her love.

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Timothy Burrill Productions

Renn Productions

Grai Phang Film Studio

Films A2

The Lover Trailers

Cast

The Young Girl

Jane March

The Chinaman

Tony Leung

The Mother

Frédérique Meininger

The Elder Brother

Arnaud Giovaninetti

The Younger Brother

Melvil Poupaud

Helene Lagonelle

Lisa Faulkner

Narrator

Jeanne Moreau

The Chinaman's Father

Xiem Mang

The French Teacher

Philippe Le Dem

Anne-Marie Stretter

Ann Schaufuss

The Principal

Tania Torrens

Femme

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